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lateral nasal prominence

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The lateral area of the two branches of a horseshoe-shaped mesenchymal swelling in the future nasal region of the embryo; it separates the olfactory pit from the developing eye and the ala of the nose/snout develops from it. [ MP:0009902 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_nasal_prominence ]

Synonyms: latero-nasal process, lateral nasal process

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has related synonym

prominentia nasalis lateralis, lateral nasal swelling

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UBERON:0004067

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lateral nasal prominence