Pharyngeal apparatus
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a Tuberculum laterale
b Tuberculum impar
c Foramen cecum
d Ductus thyreoglossus
e Sinus cervicalis
The pharyngeal apparatus is an embryological structure.[1][2]
It consists of:
- pharyngeal grooves (from ectoderm)
- pharyngeal arches (from mesoderm)
- pharyngeal pouches (from endoderm)
and related membranes.
References
[edit]- ^ "Medcyclopaedia – Branchial apparatus". Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ "Lecture 24. Branchial Apparatus". Archived from the original on 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2009-05-28.