ABSTRACT
Departments of ENT andOtolaryngology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Ramzi T. Younis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
EMBRYOLOGY OF THE NOSE
At the fourth week of gestation, the stomodeum is formed superiorly by the midline frontonasal process. The maxillary processes of the first branchial arch form the lateral borders.