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Rathke's pouch
Also known as:
Rathke's diverticulum
Rathke's pocket
Rathke-Tasche (German)
Associated persons:
Martin Heinrich Rathke
Description:
A depression in the roof of the embryonic mouth in front of the buccopharyngeal membrane. The anterior lobe of the pituitary arises from this stricture.
Bibliography:
- M. H. Rathke:
Entwicklungsgeschichte der Natter (Coluber natrix). Königsberg, Bornträger, 1839.
- Entwicklungsgeschichte der Wirbeltiere. Leipzig 1861.
We thank Patrick Jucker-Kupper, Switzerland, for information submitted.
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