- pharyngeal grooves
- the embryonic ectodermal clefts between successive pharyngeal arches; each one is named for the pharyngeal arch just in front of it. Called also branchial g's or clefts.
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Pharyngeal groove — Pattern of the branchial arches. I IV branchial arches, 1 4 branchial pouches (inside) and/or pharyngeal grooves (outside) a Tuberculum laterale b Tuberculum impar c Foramen cecum d Ductus thyreoglossus e Sinus cervicalis … Wikipedia
pharyngeal membrane — n BUCCOPHARYNGEAL MEMBRANE * * * in the embryo, one of the thin membranes, consisting of ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm, that separate the pharyngeal pouches from the pharyngeal grooves; the first pharyngeal membrane, with its associated… … Medical dictionary
Pharyngeal pouch (embryology) — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 13 GrayPage = 65 Caption = Pattern of the branchial arches. I IV branchial arches, 1 4 branchial pouches (inside) and/or pharyngeal grooves (outside) a Tuberculum laterale b Tuberculum… … Wikipedia
pharyngeal apparatus — the pharyngeal arches, pouches, membranes, and grooves considered as a unit; called also branchial a … Medical dictionary
branchial grooves — pharyngeal g s … Medical dictionary
groove — A narrow, elongate depression or furrow on any surface. SEE ALSO: sulcus. alveolobuccal g. the upper and lower half of the buccal vestibule on each side. SYN: alveolobuccal sulcus, gingivobuccal g., gingivobuccal sulcus. alveololabial g. 1. the… … Medical dictionary
Cervical sinus — Pattern of the branchial arches. I IV branchial arches, 1 4 branchial pouches (inside) and/or pharyngeal grooves (outside) a Tuberculum laterale b Tuberculum impar c Foramen cecum d Ductus thyreoglossus e Sinus cervicalis … Wikipedia
visceral cleft — n BRANCHIAL CLEFT * * * see pharyngeal cleft * * * pharyngeal grooves … Medical dictionary
hyobranchial cleft — second pharyngeal groove; see pharyngeal grooves, under groove … Medical dictionary
hyoid cleft — hyomandibular cleft first pharyngeal groove; see pharyngeal grooves, under groove … Medical dictionary
