| Medial nasal prominence | |
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| Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days. | |
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| Same embryo as shown above, with front wall of pharynx removed. | |
| Gray's | subject #13 67 |
| Precursor | frontonasal prominence |
| Gives rise to | intermaxillary segment |
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. PMID 12533133. http://archfaci.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12533133.
- ^ Langman, Jan; Thomas Sadler (2006). Langman's medical embryology. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 272. ISBN 0-7817-9485-4.
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