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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
Subsets
pheno_slim
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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.
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uberon
has related synonym
medial nasal swelling, nasomedial prominence
id
UBERON:0004068
Term relations
Subclass of:
- embryonic nasal process
- part of some embryonic head
- in_lateral_side_of some embryonic head
- develops_from some frontonasal prominence
- part of some frontonasal prominence