A pharyngeal membrane that separates the second pharyngeal cleft from the second pharyngeal pouch. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: 2nd pharyngeal membrane
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
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cross reference
- EMAPA:16273
- VHOG:0000877
homology notes
In all vertebrates, the endodermal epithelium lining each pouch contacts the surface ectoderm of the clefts to form a series of bilayered branchial membranes, that break down in fish to form the gill openings.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
Subclass of:
- pharyngeal membrane
- part of some pharyngeal arch 2
- overlaps some 2nd arch pharyngeal cleft
- overlaps some pharyngeal pouch 2