2006-06-20 07:10:54 · 8 answers · asked by cunnitr 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
It's called the philtrum. And it's a normal part of human anatomy. It is formed in fetal development when the nasomedial and maxillary processes meet - when the developing nose and mouth meet. Lack of a philtrum is a sign of fetal alcohol syndrome. Beyond that, it has no actual purpose. It is an evolutionary side-effect.
2006-06-20 07:17:27 · answer #1 · answered by Loss Leader 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you researched this question at your local playground, you
might conclude that the function of the philtrum is to provide storage for
snot until a grownup arrives with a tissue.
As noble a calling as that may be, it is not the purpose of the philtrum.
That's because the philtrum has no purpose. It's one of a bunch of
merger-lines known as "raphes". As our tiny embryonic selves are developing,
the right and left sides are merged at various points on the body, leaving
a raphe at the meeting point. Other raphes can be found on the middle of
the tongue, in the dent under the point of your chin, and other, far more
personal parts of your body.
2006-06-20 07:18:57 · answer #2 · answered by party_by_candlelite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-08 10:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, sometimes it grows cleft though. Something to do with two facial parts merging as a fetus I think.
2006-06-20 07:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so that the air go down from your nose to the open air and not back in your mouth
2006-06-20 07:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by lilxone21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably so u look right , who knows but like everything on ur body it just belongs there lol
2006-06-20 07:17:41 · answer #6 · answered by jojo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you can move your lip. I guess
2006-06-20 07:11:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
rest stop for your finger when ur thinking
2006-06-20 07:12:42 · answer #8 · answered by gimmieswag 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋