Pharyngeal pouch
System
Digestive
SNOMED CT
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Pharyngeal pouch
Definition
An internal pocketing of pharyngeal endoderm that contacts a region of ectoderm (a pharyngeal cleft) and interdigitates in the anterior and posterior directions with the pharyngeal arches.
Also known as branchial pouch, visceral pouch — per UBERON
The Pharyngeal pouch is a part of the Digestive.