The phrase "a cleft of the" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a specific geographical feature or a division in something, often in a poetic or descriptive manner.
Example: "The hikers marveled at the beauty of a cleft of the mountain, where the sunlight streamed through the jagged rocks."
Alternatives: "a fissure of the" or "a split of the".
If a cleft of the lip coexists with a cleft palate, the palate surgery is usually performed separate from and later than the lip surgery.
The function of this growth factor family is particularly critical in that perturbation of either process results in a cleft of the palate.
A cleft of the palate may not be as noticeable or considered as important [ 29].
Palatoplasty was performed by overlapping flap for repair of a cleft of the hard palate, and a medially positioned flap for repair of a cleft of the soft palate.
The mRNA binds in a cleft of the 30S subunit, where its codons interact with the tRNA anticodons.
A cleft of the alveolus is present in more than 50% of the cases with CLAP [ 3].
Histologically, demineralised foci of spongy new bone typically occur in the region of the embryonic fissula ante fenestram, which is a cleft of fibrocartilagenous tissue between the inner and middle ear, just anterior to the oval window (Fig. 1).
A cleft on the face of the rock provides the nesting place for what may be one of the last pairs of peregrine falcons that will nest in the state of California.
CALA has a long, tunnel like binding site, while the B. subtilis deacetylase has a small cavity which is part of a cleft on the protein surface.
After climbing the rugged three hours to the top, where all seems dry, rocky, and barren, I have turned a corner of the trail and found a minature fern and moss garden hugging a cleft of rock where water seeps to the surface.
Approximately 90%% of fetuses with a complete cleft of the primary palate will also have a complete cleft of the secondary palate [9].
