Insights Into the Complexity of Craniofacial Development From a Cellular Perspective.

ABSTRACT: The head represents the most complex part of the body and a distinctive feature of the vertebrate body plan. This intricate structure is assembled during embryonic development in the four-dimensional process of morphogenesis. The head integrates components of the central and peripheral nervous system, sensory organs, muscles, joints, glands, and other specialized tissues in the framework of a complexly shaped skull. The anterior part of the head is referred to as the face, and a broad spectrum of facial shapes across vertebrate species enables different feeding strategies, communication styles, and diverse specialized functions. The face formation starts early during embryonic development and is an enormously complex, multi-step process regulated on a genomic, molecular, and cellular level

SUBMITTER: Murillo-Rincon AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7775397 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature