A cleft lip results when

A. the two halves of the secondary palate do not fuse.
B. the frontonasal and maxillary processes do not fuse.
C. the lateral edges of the nasal placodes do not fuse with the maxillary processes.
D. the maxillary processes do not fuse with the mandibular processes.
E. None of these choices is correct.


B

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