What is the name of the crease below the nose and above the lip?!


Question: What is the name of the crease below the nose and above the lip?
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philtrum, if your referring to the crest of the upper lip that connects the nose to the upper lip?

Pic and diagram.
http://biocomp.stanford.edu/interplast/u…

They are tricky to suture.

HCP-PA/ emergency medicine. (stitched a lot of them back together as they make an easy point for lips to rip and cut)



philtrum or filtrum




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