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Nasal pit

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Nasal pit
Head end of human embryo, about the end of the fourth week.
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Identifiers
Latinfovea nasalis
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

  • Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days.
    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.
    Same embryo as shown in Fig. 45, with front wall of pharynx removed.
  • The roof of the mouth of a human embryo, aged about two and a half months, showing the mode of formation of the palate.
    The roof of the mouth of a human embryo, aged about two and a half months, showing the mode of formation of the palate.
  • The head and neck of a human embryo thirty-two days old, seen from the ventral surface.
    The head and neck of a human embryo thirty-two days old, seen from the ventral surface.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 68 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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