Cleft Lip

"Cleft Lip" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Congenital defect in the upper lip where the maxillary prominence fails to merge with the merged medial nasal prominences. It is thought to be caused by faulty migration of the mesoderm in the head region.

Descriptor ID	D002971
MeSH Number(s)	C07.465.409.225 C07.465.525.164 C07.650.525.164 C16.131.850.525.164
Concept/Terms	Cleft Lip Cleft Lip Cleft Lips Lip, Cleft Lips, Cleft Harelip Harelips

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cleft Lip".

Diseases [C]
Stomatognathic Diseases [C07]
Mouth Diseases [C07.465]
Lip Diseases [C07.465.409]
Cleft Lip [C07.465.409.225]
Mouth Abnormalities [C07.465.525]
Cleft Lip [C07.465.525.164]
Stomatognathic System Abnormalities [C07.650]
Mouth Abnormalities [C07.650.525]
Cleft Lip [C07.650.525.164]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]
Stomatognathic System Abnormalities [C16.131.850]
Mouth Abnormalities [C16.131.850.525]
Cleft Lip [C16.131.850.525.164]

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