Cotidiano de uma brasileira em Paris, comentarios sobre cultura, politica e besteiras em geral. Entre le faible et le fort c'est la liberté qui opprime et la loi qui libère." Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Love Potion

The philtrum (Latin philtrumGreek philtron, 'love potion'), is a medial cleft common to many mammals, extending from the nose to the upper lip, and, together with a glandular rhinarium and slit-like nostrils, is believed to constitute the primitive condition for mammals in general.  For humans and most primates, the philtrum survives only as a vestigial medial depression between the nose and upper lip.  The human philtrum, bordered by ridges, is also known as the infranasal depression, but has no apparent function.  

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