Rathke's pouch | |
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![]() Sketches in profile of two stages in the development of the human digestive tube. | |
Details | |
Carnegie stage | 10 |
Gives rise to | Anterior pituitary |
Identifiers | |
Latin | fovea adenohypophysialis |
Anatomical terminology |
In embryogenesis, Rathke's pouch is an evagination at the roof of the developing mouth in front of the buccopharyngeal membrane. It gives rise to the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis), a part of the endocrine system.[1]
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