pharyngeal pouch

pharyngeal pouch definition - medical

pharyngeal pouch

noun
Any of the paired evaginations of embryonic pharyngeal endoderm that give rise to epithelial tissues and organs such as the thymus and thyroid glands. Also called branchial pouch.

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