Primitive palate

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Primitive palate
Primitive palate of a human embryo of thirty-seven to thirty-eight days.
Gray's	subject #13 70
Dorlands/Elsevier	p_02/12607345

By the fusion of the maxillary and nasal processes in the roof of the stomodeum the primitive palate (or primary palate^[1]) is formed, and the olfactory pits extend backward above it.

[edit] References

1. ^ Embryology at UNC hednk-041

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