- postbranchial
- post·branchial
English syllables. 2014.
postbranchial
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postbranchial body — post·bran·chi·al body braŋ kē əl n ULTIMOBRANCHIAL BODY … Medical dictionary
postbranchial bodies — ultimobranchial b s … Medical dictionary
postbranchial body — (ˈ) ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: post + branchial : an outpocketing from the fourth visceral pouch of a vertebrate embryo that is believed to be a vestigial fifth pouch and that gives rise to all or part of the parathyroids … Useful english dictionary
ultimobranchial body — n a hollow vesicle that is formed from the fourth pharyngeal pouch, may represent a fifth pharyngeal pouch, and gives rise to cells that produce calcitonin and later become incorporated into the thyroid gland in higher vertebrates or persist as… … Medical dictionary
ultimobranchial bodies — embryonic derivatives of the fourth pharyngeal pouches (sometimes described as a rudimentary fifth pouch); they migrate along with the parathyroid glands and are incorporated in the thyroid gland. In vertebrates other than mammals, these remain… … Medical dictionary
