oropharyngeal membrane

oropharyngeal membrane
a transient embryonic septum at the cranial limit of the foregut, in the depths of the stomodeum; it temporarily separates the mouth cavity from the pharynx. Called also buccopharyngeal m. and pharyngeal septum.

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