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branchial pouch
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branchial pouch [′braŋ·kē·əl ′pau̇ch]
(zoology)
In cyclostomes and some sharks, one of the respiratory cavities occurring in the branchial clefts.
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Introduction The branchial pouches of the primitive pharynx are the endodermal companions to the four ectodermal clefts first noted in the human embryo by Von Baer in 1827.
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