| Name: | pharyngeal pouch |
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| Synonyms: | pharyngeal pouches |
| Definition: | Outpocketings of pharyngeal endoderm that interdigitate with the neural crest derived pharyngeal arches. The pouches later fuse with the surface ectoderm to form the gill slits. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001106] |
| Name: | cell-cell junction |
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| Synonyms: | cell-cell contact region, cell-cell contact zone, intercellular junction |
| Definition: | A cell junction that forms a connection between two or more cells of an organism; excludes direct cytoplasmic intercellular bridges, such as ring canals in insects. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005911] QuickGO AmiGO |