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Embryology and development of the facial skeleton
Key points • The embryological components of the facial skeleton are derived from the three divisions of the skull: the desmocranium, the chondrocranium and the viscerocranium. • The ectomeninx has chondrogenic and osteogenic properties which translate into intramembranous bone that…