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.