The Evo-Devo Origin of the Nose, Anterior Skull Base and Midface

• Main Author: Jankowski, Roger. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Paris : Springer Paris : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human anatomy.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Anatomy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0422-4

The phylontogenic theory proposes an original understanding of nose, sinus and midface formation and development by looking back in evolution for the first traces of the olfactory organ and then tracing its successive phyletic transformations to become part of the respiratory apparatus and finally t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The primary nose and palate in evolution
• The primary nose and palate in human embryo development parallels between evolution and development of the nose
• The seemingly simple formation of the secondary palate and nose in the human embryo
• The complex formation of the secondary palate and nose in evolution
• Primary and secondary palates  primary and secondary nasal fossae
• Olfactory and respiratory nasal fossae
• Is the human ethmoid labyrinth a sinus?
• Understanding the anatomy of the human nose
• The nose in midface development
• Medical hypotheses and perspectives  evolutionnary & developmental (evo-devo) medicine
• Conclusion.