Term: pharyngeal pouch epithelial cell migration
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Name: pharyngeal pouch
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: epithelial cell migration
Synonyms:
Definition: The orderly movement of an epithelial cell from one site to another, often during the development of a multicellular organism.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0010631]    QuickGO    AmiGO