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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_nasal_prominence MP:0009902 ]
Synonyms: latero-nasal process lateral nasal process
Term information
- EHDAA2:0000916
- Wikipedia:Lateral_nasal_prominence
- FMA:295864
- EHDAA:4786
- EMAPA:16805
- SCTID:308880000
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Term relations
- embryonic nasal process
- part of some frontonasal prominence
- develops from some frontonasal prominence