Medial nasal prominence
Head end of human embryo of about thirty to thirty-one days.
Same embryo as shown above, with front wall of pharynx removed.
Gray's	subject #13 67
Precursor	frontonasal prominence
Gives rise to	intermaxillary segment

The medial nasal prominence (nasomedial) is an embryological structure that forms the upper lip and nose.^[1]

They join to form the intermaxillary segment.^[2]

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• hednk-032 — Embryology at UNC

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