- adenohypophysial pouch
- Rathke p.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
adenohypophysial pouch
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Rathke pouch — a diverticulum from the ectodermal roof of the stomodeum of the embryo that lies adjacent to the floor of the diencephalon; from it the adenohypophysis is developed. Its lumen persists in adults as small colloid filled cysts and clefts at the… … Medical dictionary
pharyngeal hypophysis — hypophysis pharyngealis [TA] a small median residual collection of adenohypophysial glandular tissue in the mucoperiosteum of the roof of the nasopharynx; it develops from the Rathke pouch in the embryo. Called also pharyngeal pituitary … Medical dictionary
