Nasal pit
Nasal pit | |
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Head end of human embryo, about the end of the fourth week. | |
Details | |
Latin | fovea nasalis |
Identifiers | |
Gray's | p.68 |
Code | TE E5.3.0.0.0.0.9 |
Anatomical terminology |
By the upgrowth of the surrounding parts the olfactory areas are converted into pits, the nasal pits or olfactory pits, which indent the fronto-nasal process and divide it into a medial and two lateral nasal processes.
Additional images
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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.
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The roof of the mouth of a human embryo, aged about two and a half months, showing the mode of formation of the palate.
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The head and neck of a human embryo thirty-two days old, seen from the ventral surface.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- hednk-028 — Embryo Images at University of North Carolina
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