Development Of Palate 

Development Of Palate

Development of palate and its anomalies.
Answer:

Development of palate  :

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• Palatal shelves are given out from maxillary process.
• These shelves grow medially.
• Initially these grows down to the tongue vertically.
• Lateral during 7th week, shelves turns upwards
• These shelves fuses with each other in the midline their fusion begins anteriorly and proceeds backwards.
• Mesial edges fuse with lower end of nasal septum.
• Thus, palate is formed alongwith the separation of two nasal cavities with that of oral cavity.
• Intramembranous ossification occurs of mesoderm of the palate to form hard palate.
• This ossification doesnot extend into the most posterior portion, which remains as soft palate.

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Anomalies:

• Cleft palate: causes.
• Lack of fusion of the palatine shelves.
• Failure of the tongue to drop down.
• Anticonvulsant drugs – given during pregnancy

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