Medical Definition of Nasal pits

1. The paired depressions formed when the nasal placodes come to lie below the general external contour of the developing face as a result of the rapid growth of the adjacent nasal elevations; the pit's are the primordia of the rostral portions of the nasal chambers. Synonym: olfactory pits. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasal Pits

nasal irrigation
nasal lavage fluid
nasal margin of frontal bone
nasal meatus
nasal mucosa
nasal muscle
nasal mutation
nasal mutations
nasal myiasis
nasal nerve
nasal notch
nasal obstruction
nasal part of frontal bone
nasal part of pharynx
nasal pharynx
nasal pits (current term)
nasal placodes
nasal point
nasal polyp
nasal polyps
nasal process
nasal provocation tests
nasal reflex
nasal region
nasal ridge
nasal sacs
nasal septal cartilage
nasal septum
nasal sinus
nasal spine of frontal bone

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