Developing Face

A soft toy of the development of the human face at about week 8 when the palatine shelves of the maxillary prominences join to form the palate. Click on any image to enlarge.

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Production Information

The fabric used was stretch fabric. In the following photos of the pattern pieces the background grid is 100mm x 100mm. We chose colours to match this online video: http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/hnanim/face/face.html

Frontonasal prominence - teal blue

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Mandibular prominence (lower part of pharyngeal arch 1) - maroon

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Maxillary prominences (upper part of pharyngeal arch 1) - purple. A short open-ended zip is incorporated between the two prominences.

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Other arches - grey

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Medial nasal process - yellow and Lateral nasal processes - pale green

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Once sewn up the pieces were filled with dacron and hand sewn together.

The eyes are made of ping pong balls covered with white knit fabric

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Creators: Dr Christine Jasoni (initial idea and academic support), Fieke Neuman (patterns, sewing). All from Department of Anatomy, University of Otago.

Keywords: Teaching, Anatomy, Development, Palate, Mandible, Maxilla, Science, Biology

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