Lateral nasal prominence
| Lateral nasal prominence | |
|---|---|
 Diagram showing the regions of the adult face and neck related to the fronto-nasal process and the branchial arches. | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | frontonasal prominence |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | prominentia nasalis lateralis |
| 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 nasal pits, which indent the frontonasal prominence and divide it into a medial nasal prominence and a lateral nasal prominence.[1]
Clinical significance
Failure to fuse can cause a cleft lip.
Additional images
Under surface of the head of a human embryo about twenty-nine days old.
Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days.
Same embryo as shown in Fig. 45, with front wall of pharynx removed.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 67 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ↑ hednk-032—Embryo Images at University of North Carolina
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