| Nasal processes | | | | Diagram showing the regions of the adult face and neck related to the fronto-nasal process and the branchial arches. | | Gray's | subject #13 67 | | Gives rise to | nose, palate, philtrum | 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 processes (or nasal prominences)[1]. The rounded lateral angles of the medial process constitute the globular processes of His. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...
Human nose in profile A typical bulbous human nose Anatomically, a nose is a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which admit and expel air for respiration. ...
The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and vertebrate animals. ...
The philtrum (Greek philtron, from philein, to love; to kiss) is the vertical groove in the upper lip, formed where the nasomedial and maxillary processes meet during embryonic development. ...
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Under surface of the head of a human embryo about twenty-nine days old. | Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days. | Same embryo as shown in Fig. 45, with front wall of pharynx removed. |
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