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:''For the cranial structure, see [[Maxillary process of inferior nasal concha]].''
Continuous with the dorsal end of the [[mandibular arch]], and growing forward from its cephalic border, is a triangular process, the '''maxillary process''' (or '''maxillary prominence'''), the [[Anatomical terms of location#Dorsal and ventral|ventral]] extremity of which is separated from the [[mandibular arch]] by a ">"-shaped notch. 

The maxillary process forms the lateral wall and floor of the [[Orbit (anatomy)|orbit]], and in it are ossified the [[zygomatic bone]] and the greater part of the [[maxilla]]; it meets with the [[lateral nasal process]], from which, however, it is separated for a time by a groove, the [[naso-optic furrow]], that extends from the furrow encircling the eyeball to the [[olfactory pit]]. 

The maxillary processes ultimately fuse with the lateral nasal and globular processes, and form the lateral parts of the [[upper lip]] and the posterior boundaries of the [[nares]]. 

==Additional images==
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 Image:Gray23.png|Human embryo from thirty-one to thirty-four days
 Image:Gray44.png|Under surface of the head of a human embryo about twenty-nine days old.
 Image:Gray947.png|The head and neck of a human embryo thirty-two days old, seen from the ventral surface.
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==External links==
* {{EmbryologyUNC|hednk|032}}

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