Branchial may refer to:
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Branchial apparatus
The pharyngeal apparatus is an embryological structure.
It consists of:
* pharyngeal grooves (from ectoderm)
* pharyngeal arch
The pharyngeal arches, also known as visceral arches'','' are structures seen in the embryonic development of vert ...
, an embryological structure.
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Branchial arch
Branchial arches, or gill arches, are a series of bony "loops" present in fish, which support the gills. As gills are the primitive condition of vertebrates, all vertebrate embryos develop pharyngeal arches, though the eventual fate of these arc ...
a series of bony "loops" present in fish, which support the gills.
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Branchial artery, also known as aortic arches.
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Branchial cleft
A pharyngeal groove (or branchial groove, or pharyngeal cleft) is made up of ectoderm unlike its counterpart the pharyngeal pouch on the endodermal side.
The first pharyngeal groove produces the external auditory meatus (ear canal). The rest (2, ...
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Branchial cleft cyst, failure of obliteration of the second branchial cleft in embryonic development.
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Branchial efferent, also known as special visceral efferent.
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Branchial heart
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Branchial membrane
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Branchial plexus
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Branchial pouches
In the embryonic development of vertebrates, pharyngeal pouches form on the endodermal side between the pharyngeal arches. The pharyngeal grooves (or clefts) form the lateral ectodermal surface of the neck region to separate the arches.
The pou ...
, also known as pharyngeal pouches.
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First and second branchial arch syndrome, also known as hemifacial microsomia.
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Ultimo-branchial bodies, also known as ultimopharyngeal body.
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