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pituitary diverticulum [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hypophysis
DEF

A tubular outgrowth of ectoderm from the stomodeum of the embryo; it grows dorsal toward the infundibular process of the diencephalon, around which it forms a cup-like mass, giving rise to the pars distalis and pars juxtaneuralis of the hypophysis.

Key term(s)
  • Rathke diverticulum
  • Rathke pocket
  • Rathke pouch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hypophyse
CONT

La poche de Rathke, dérivée des cellules de la crête neurale, est un recessus transitoire situé entre l'anté-hypophyse en avant (dérivée de la crête neurale) et la post-hypophyse en arrière (diverticule diencéphalique) qui disparait avec le développement du sphénoïde.

Spanish

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