Precursor frontonasal prominence | Code TE E5.3.0.0.0.0.12 | |
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Latin prominentia nasalis lateralis | ||
By the upgrowth of the surrounding parts the olfactory areas are converted into pits, the olfactory pits, which indent the fronto-nasal process and divide it into a medial and two lateral nasal prominences (or lateral nasal processes, or nasolateral, or nasal prominences )
Pathology
Failure to fuse can cause a cleft lip.
References
Lateral nasal prominence Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA