Term 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.
Appears at: Segmentation:14-19 somites (16.0h-19.0h)
Evident until: Unknown
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001106]

Relationships
develops from: pharyngeal endoderm
develops into: internal gill bud
is part of: pharyngeal arch pharynx
is a type of: multi-tissue structure
has subtype: pharyngeal pouch 1 pharyngeal pouches 2-6

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