"The scar between Joaquin Phoenix's lip and nose is obvious. It practically had second billing in Gladiator. It has long been thought that Joaquin was born with a cleft lip and the scar is the result of corrective surgery. This is not so. Rather, Joaquin was born with the scar. The scar developed while Joaquin was in his mother's stomach. It is known as a microform cleft, a mild form of a cleft lip. A "microform cleft can appear as small as a little dent in the red part of the lip or look like a scar from the lip up to the nostril," as in Joaquin's case."
The actor Stacy Keach, Pharoah Tutankhamun(sorry if I spelled it wrong)aka King Tut reportedly had a cleft, Jesse Jackson,as I've seen on other websites, Mark Hamill, Cheech Moran, Tom Brokaw, and I have a deep suspicion that Ford Motor Co. CEO(formerly of Boeing),Alan Mullaley MAY have been born with a cleft lip!The actor Joaquin Phoenix was born with a cleft lip that healed in utero. Its medterm is microform cleft. It looks like a scar on his upper lip.
There are several types of cleft lip, ranging from a small groove on the border of the upper lip to a larger deformity that extends into the floor of the nostril and part of the maxilla (upper jawbone). The small groove can be a microcleft. Other than the microform type there are complete and incomplete cleft lips. Complete means it reaches up to the bottom of the nostril and the incomplete doesn't reach as far up. There are unilateral, ( one sided) and bilateral (two or both sided)
Babies may have cleft lips with or without cleft palates. Cleft palates may also occur without cleft lips
Valdis J. Zeps has written: 'Baltica in microform' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Microforms, Microform catalogs, Study and teaching
A cleft is a slit or a crack.
Gluteal cleft, natal cleft or anal cleft.
If you're referring to the scientific/medical name for cleft lip and palate, they are:Cheiloschisis for cleft lipPalatoschisis for cleft palate
The gluteal cleft, natal cleft or anal cleft
cleft chin is recessive, no cleft chin dominant.
Cleft is a noun.
The ISBN of The Cleft is 9780007233434.