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 | nasal prominence_by_E5.3.0.0.0.0.12 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. -
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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