Development of the Vestibular Lamina in Human Embryos: Morphogenesis and Vestibule Formation

The vestibular lamina (VL) is a transient developmental structure that forms the lip furrow, creating a gap between the lips/cheeks and teeth (oral vestibule). Surprisingly, little is known about the development of the VL and its relationship to the adjacent dental lamina (DL), which forms the teeth...

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Main Authors: Tengyang Qiu, Tathyane H. N. Teshima, Maria Hovorakova, Abigail S. Tucker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00753/full