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Fusing of the nasal septum and palatal shelf (100X)

Microimage
Image copyright: Mathias Nordvi, ARR. (Tissue stain: Azan).

At higher magnification you can see the fusing lines between the nasal septum and the palatal shelf. If something goes wrong during this process, the fetus may develop a cleft palate.

Published September 9th 2015, updated December 22nd 2018.