The vertical groove found on the median line of the upper lip, extending to the nose. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna MP:0012256 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philtrum ]
Synonyms: lip philtrum
Term information
- VHOG:0000862
- EHDAA2:0001462
- EMAPA:17926
- MA:0001577
- FMA:59819
- SCTID:362087004
- Wikipedia:Philtrum
- EHDAA:9280
pheno_slim
Term relations
- surface groove
- part of some upper lip
- contributes to morphology of some upper lip
- develops from some medial nasal prominence