Lateral nasal prominence

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Lateral nasal prominence
Diagram showing the regions of the adult face and neck related to the fronto-nasal process and the branchial arches.
Latin prominentia nasalis lateralis
Gray's p.67
Precursor frontonasal prominence
Code TE E5.3.0.0.0.0.12

By the upgrowth of the surrounding parts the olfactory areas are converted into pits, the olfactory pits, which indent the fronto-nasal process and divide it into a medial and two lateral nasal prominences (or lateral nasal processes, or nasolateral, or nasal prominences[1] )

Pathology

Failure to fuse can cause a cleft lip.

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References

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.


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