Term Name: pharyngeal pouch
Synonyms: branchial pouch, pharyngeal pouches, visceral pouch, visceral pouches
Definition: An internal pocketing of pharyngeal endoderm that contacts a region of ectoderm (a pharyngeal cleft) and interdigitates in the anterior and posterior directions with the pharyngeal arches.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0004117]

Relationships
develops from: early pharyngeal endoderm
develops into: parathyroid epithelium pharyngeal gill precursor ultimobranchial body
is part of: pharyngeal arch system
is a type of: embryonic structure embryonic tissue endoderm of foregut unilaminar epithelium
has subtype: pharyngeal pouch 1 pharyngeal pouch 2 pharyngeal pouch 3 pharyngeal pouch 4 pharyngeal pouch 5 pharyngeal pouch 6 pharyngeal pouches 2-6