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pharyngeal cleft

Term ID
UBERON:0005879
Synonyms
  • branchial cleft
  • branchial groove
  • gill cleft
  • Kiemenspalten
  • pharyngeal ectodermal cleft
  • pharyngeal groove
  • pharyngeal groove ectoderm
  • pharyngeal slit
  • sulcus pharyngei
Definition
An external pocketing of pharyngeal ectoderm that contacts a region of endoderm (a pharyngeal pouch) and interdigitates in the anterior and posterior directions by the pharyngeal arches. (2)
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