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Rathke's pouch — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 275 GrayPage = 1277 Caption = Sketches in profile of two stages in the development of the human digestive tube. Caption2 = CarnegieStage = 10 Precursor = GivesRiseTo = anterior pituitary… … Wikipedia
Rathke column cysts duct etc. — Rath·ke column, cysts, duct, etc. (rahtґkə) [Martin Heinrich Rathke, German anatomist, 1793–1860] see under column, cyst, duct, fold, and pouch, see craniopharyngioma, and see trabeculae cranii, under trabecula … Medical dictionary
Rathke pouch — a diverticulum from the ectodermal roof of the stomodeum of the embryo that lies adjacent to the floor of the diencephalon; from it the adenohypophysis is developed. Its lumen persists in adults as small colloid filled cysts and clefts at the… … Medical dictionary
intrapituitary cysts — Rathke c s … Medical dictionary
craniobuccal cysts — craniopharyngeal cysts Rathke c s … Medical dictionary
Cyst — A closed sac or capsule, usually filled with fluid or semisolid material. * * * 1. A bladder. 2. An abnormal sac containing gas, fluid, or a semisolid material, with a membranous lining. SEE ALSO: pseudocyst. [G. kystis, bladder] adventitious c.… … Medical dictionary
Craniopharyngioma — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a craniopharyngioma (adamantinomatous). HPS stain. ICD 10 … Wikipedia
craniopharyngioma — A suprasellar neoplasm, which may be cystic, that develops from the nests of epithelium derived from Rathke pouch; the histologic pattern, similar to that observed in adamantinomas, consists of nesting of squamous epithelium bordered by radially… … Medical dictionary
endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… … Universalium
Pars intermedia — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = pars intermedia adenohypophyseos GraySubject = 275 GrayPage = 1275 Caption = Median sagittal through the hypophysis of an adult monkey. (Pars intermedia labeled at bottom center.) Caption2 = Precursor =… … Wikipedia
