Term Name:	lateral nasal prominence
Synonyms:	lateral nasal process, lateral nasal swelling, latero-nasal process, prominentia nasalis lateralis
Definition:	The lateral area of the two branches of a horseshoe-shaped mesenchymal swelling in the future nasal region of the embryo; it separates the olfactory pit from the developing eye and the ala of the nose/snout develops from it
Ontology:	Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0004067]