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medial nasal prominence

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The central area of the two limbs of a horseshoe-shaped mesenchymal swelling that lie medial to the olfactory placode or pit in the future nasal region of the embryo; it joins with the ipsilateral maxillary prominence in the formation of half of the upper jaw, and the nasal tip and philtrum of the upper lip develop from it [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_nasal_prominence ]

Term info

Label

medial nasal prominence

Synonyms
  • medial nasal process
  • medial-nasal process
  • prominentia nasalis medialis
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Subsets

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development notes

Fusion of right and left medial nasal processes forms a primary palate rostrally and the nasal septum caudally. The incisive bone, including upper incisor teeth and the rostral up- per lip, are derived from the primary palate. The nasal septum consists of bone, cartilage, and a patch of soft tissue membrane that separates right & left halves of the nasal cavity.

has related synonym

medial nasal swelling, nasomedial prominence

id

UBERON:0004068