An external pocketing of pharyngeal ectoderm that contacts a region of endoderm (a pharyngeal pouch) and interdigitates in the anterior and posterior directions by the pharyngeal arches. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23020903 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: pharyngeal groove ectoderm
Term information
- NCIT:C34250
- EMAPA:32750
- FMA:295672
- AAO:0010623
- Wikipedia:Pharyngeal_groove
pheno_slim
pharyngeal ectodermal cleft
Kiemenspalten
branchial cleft
sulcus pharyngei
branchial groove
Term relations
- surface groove
- overlaps some pharyngeal arch
- adjacent to some pharyngeal pouch
- part of some pharyngeal ectoderm