Term Name: secondary palatal shelf
Synonyms: lateral palatine process, palatal shelf, palatal shelves, palatine shelf, secondary palatal shelf
Definition: The outgrowths of the embryonic maxillary prominences that come together during prenatal development to form the secondary palate
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0005619]

Relationships
develops from: maxillary prominence
develops into: secondary palate
is part of: skeleton of upper jaw
has parts: secondary palatal shelf epithelium secondary palatal shelf mesenchyme
is a type of: multicellular anatomical structure neural crest-derived structure