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What is a cleft?

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Anonymous

∙ 14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

A cleft is an opening or indentation.

It is the term used when two (or more) embroyonic processes fail to fuse. For example, when the maxillary and medial nasal processes fail to fuse, a cleft lip results.

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