Development of the face
12 important questions on Development of the face
What are the 5 facial prominences that form around the stomedeum at the beginning of week 4?
2. Maxillary prominences (2)
3. Mandibular prominences (2)
What is the 1st step in the development of the face?
What does the medial merging of mandibular prominences at the beginning of week 4 achieve?
1. caudal boundary of the primitive mouth
2. lower jaw and lip
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Identify the prominences with structures of the face they develop into
B - mandibular prominences = lower lip and jaw
C - frontonasal prominence = forehead, nose, and philtrum
What happens to the medial nasal processes during face development?
How is the upper jaw (maxilla) completed?
What structure forms when the lateral nasal process fuses with the maxillary prominence?
What it the naso-lacrymal furrow a remnant of?
What results from the fusion of the maxillary and mandibular prominences?
How is the final shape of the face achieved?
How does the ear position to the lateral part of the head?
How does the eye move to the frontal position?
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