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. 2017 Mar 15;8:154. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00154

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Comparison of mouse and human secondary palates. (A) Inferior view of newly elevated palatal shelves of an E14.5 mouse embryo. (B) Inferior view of newly elevated palatal shelves of a 54-day human embryo. (C) Virtual mid-sagittal cut through a 3D-rendered Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) scan of an E14.5 mouse embryonic head. (D) Virtual mid-sagittal cut through a 3D rendered microCT scan of a PTAH-stained 54-day human embryonic head. Asterisks in (C,D) indicate elevated palatal shelves. Arrows in (C,D) indicate the junction between the primary and secondary palate. cb, cranial base; ns, nasal septum; ps palatal shelf; tn, tongue. Scale bar in (A) for (A,B), 1 mm.