i started this as a comment but it was too long
first off, i abbreviated v.g.v because it's dirty and isn't worth repeating, so i'll just leave it at that.
second off, i can't turn down a double dare so here it goes. cleft palates form when the four structures that make up the palate fail to come together. The four sturctures are the nasal septum, two lateral palatine processes, and part of the the frontalnasal process. cleft palate is usually, but not always, accompanied by cleft lip. the part of the frontalnasal process involved in cleft palates is called the primary palate and is the triangle including the front four upper teeth going back to the roof of your mouth a little ways right before the high arch forms (feel it in your own mouth.) there is actually a little hole there called the incisive foramen where a yet to be named nerve enteres the roof of the mouth. the intersections between the primary palate and the lateral palatine processes forms a Y. the nasal septum is perpendicular to the lower part of the Y. so now that i have explained the very basics, here is a little more detail. i have told you what the primary palate is, and so the secondary palate is made up of the other three structures. in the begining, the three structures are parallel to one another in the following order: left lateral palatine process, nasal septun, right palatine process. the tongue sits way up in the cavity and has to drop down to allow the lateral palatine processes to "swing up" into place perpendicular to the nasal septum. If one lateral palatine process makes it up and joins with the nasal septum, the result is a unilateral (one-sided) cleft palate. it neither make it up, the result is bilateral (the whole thing is messed up) cleft palate. the primary palate is invloved in the formation with both cleft lip and palate, so now you understand why the two of them usually go together. clear as mud?
i have had two hours of lecture today on the nerves of the face - well, some of them. i actually stayed awake for the whole thing and was really interested. good thing it is a major part of this exam! Chris and i are going to go learn it now, and then we (at least i) will go to lab and do more stuff there.
my scrubs were washed last night and the still smell - only not as bad.
second off, i can't turn down a double dare so here it goes. cleft palates form when the four structures that make up the palate fail to come together. The four sturctures are the nasal septum, two lateral palatine processes, and part of the the frontalnasal process. cleft palate is usually, but not always, accompanied by cleft lip. the part of the frontalnasal process involved in cleft palates is called the primary palate and is the triangle including the front four upper teeth going back to the roof of your mouth a little ways right before the high arch forms (feel it in your own mouth.) there is actually a little hole there called the incisive foramen where a yet to be named nerve enteres the roof of the mouth. the intersections between the primary palate and the lateral palatine processes forms a Y. the nasal septum is perpendicular to the lower part of the Y. so now that i have explained the very basics, here is a little more detail. i have told you what the primary palate is, and so the secondary palate is made up of the other three structures. in the begining, the three structures are parallel to one another in the following order: left lateral palatine process, nasal septun, right palatine process. the tongue sits way up in the cavity and has to drop down to allow the lateral palatine processes to "swing up" into place perpendicular to the nasal septum. If one lateral palatine process makes it up and joins with the nasal septum, the result is a unilateral (one-sided) cleft palate. it neither make it up, the result is bilateral (the whole thing is messed up) cleft palate. the primary palate is invloved in the formation with both cleft lip and palate, so now you understand why the two of them usually go together. clear as mud?
i have had two hours of lecture today on the nerves of the face - well, some of them. i actually stayed awake for the whole thing and was really interested. good thing it is a major part of this exam! Chris and i are going to go learn it now, and then we (at least i) will go to lab and do more stuff there.
my scrubs were washed last night and the still smell - only not as bad.
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