Birth Defects Surveillance Toolkit

Orofacial Clefts

Fig. 23. Lip pits

Photograph source: https://elementsofmorphology.nih.gov/index.cgi?tid=54f2dee42a1f9ef7.

Photograph source: b: Dr Jaime Frías (EE. UU.); c: Dr Pedro Santiago and Dr Miguel Yanez (EE. UU.).

Graphic of baby with cleft lip unilateral

Fig. 25. Anatomy of the lip and palate & Fig. 26. Median cleft lip

Cleft Palate

Fig. 27. Cleft palate with cleft lip

Photograph source: Dr Pedro Santiago and Dr Miguel Yáñez (EE. UU.).

Graphic of baby with newborn cleft lip palate

Page last reviewed: February 24, 2022

Content source: Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, NCBDDD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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