Intermaxillary segment

Intermaxillary segment
Diagram showing the regions of the adult face and neck related to the fronto-nasal process and the branchial arches. (Globular processes labeled at center right.)
Gray's	subject #13 68
Precursor	medial nasal prominence
Gives rise to	primary palate

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The rounded lateral angles of the medial process constitute the globular processes. It is also known as the intermaxillary segment It gives rise to the premaxilla.

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  Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days.

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  Same embryo as shown in Fig. 45, with front wall of pharynx removed.

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  The roof of the mouth of a human embryo, aged about two and a half months, showing the mode of formation of the palate.

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  The head and neck of a human embryo thirty-two days old, seen from the ventral surface.

See also

• Philtrum

External links

• http://www.ana.ed.ac.uk/anatomy/database/humat/notes/embryo/branchi.htm
• http://isc.temple.edu/marino/embryology/Face98/face_text.htm

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