Medial nasal prominence
| Medial nasal prominence | |
|---|---|
 Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days. | |
 Same embryo as shown above, with front wall of pharynx removed. | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | frontonasal prominence |
| Gives rise to | intermaxillary segment |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | prominentia nasalis medialis |
| TE | nasal prominence_by_E5.3.0.0.0.0.11 E5.3.0.0.0.0.11 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The medial nasal prominence (nasomedial) is an embryological structure that forms the upper lip and nose.[1]
They join to form the intermaxillary segment.[2]
References
- ^ Senders CW, Peterson EC, Hendrickx AG, Cukierski MA (2003). "Development of the upper lip". Arch Facial Plast Surg. 5 (1): 16–25. doi:10.1001/archfaci.5.1.16. PMID 12533133.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Langman, Jan; Thomas Sadler (2006). Langman's medical embryology. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 272. ISBN 0-7817-9485-4.
External links
- hednk-032—Embryo Images at University of North Carolina
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