Lateral nasal prominence
| Lateral nasal prominence | |
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 Diagram showing the regions of the adult face and neck related to the fronto-nasal process and the branchial arches. | |
| Details | |
| Latin | prominentia nasalis lateralis |
| Precursor | frontonasal prominence |
| Identifiers | |
| Gray's | p.67 |
| Code | TE E5.3.0.0.0.0.12 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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.
Additional images
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Under surface of the head of a human embryo about twenty-nine days old.
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Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days.
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Same embryo as shown in Fig. 45, with front wall of pharynx removed.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ↑ hednk-032 — Embryo Images at University of North Carolina
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