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Intermaxillary segment

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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.)
Details
Precursormedial nasal prominence[1]
Gives rise toprimary palate[2]
Anatomical terminology

In a human embryo, the intermaxillary segment is a mass of tissue which forms from the merging of some of the tissues in the vicinity of the nose. It is primordial, meaning that in the further development of the embryo, this particular mass no longer appears, but parts of it remain in "the intermaxillary portion of the upper jaw, the prolabial portion of the upper lip, and the primary palate".

More precisely, the rounded lateral angles of the medial process constitute the globular processes. It is also known as the intermaxillary segment[3]. It gives rise to the premaxilla.[4]

  • Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days.
    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.
    Same embryo as shown in Fig. 45, with front wall of pharynx removed.
  • The roof of the mouth of a human embryo, aged about two and a half months, showing the mode of formation of the palate.
    The roof of the mouth of a human embryo, aged about two and a half months, showing the mode of formation of the palate.
  • The head and neck of a human embryo thirty-two days old, seen from the ventral surface.
    The head and neck of a human embryo thirty-two days old, seen from the ventral surface.

References

  1. ^ Langman, Jan; Thomas Sadler (2006). Langman's medical embryology. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 272. ISBN 0-7817-9485-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ plastic/216 at eMedicine
  3. ^ Globular Process - Medical Dictionary Definition
  4. ^ Development Of The Head And Neck

See also

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 68 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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