RATHKE'S POUCH


Meaning of RATHKE'S POUCH in English

ˈrätkəz- noun

also rathke's pocket

Usage: usually capitalized R

Etymology: after Martin H. Rathke died 1860 German anatomist

: a pouch of ectoderm that grows out from the upper surface of the embryonic stomodaeum and gives rise to the anterior lobe of the pituitary body

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