Branchial apparatus

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Pattern of the branchial arches. I-IV branchial arches, 1-4 branchial pouches (inside) and/or pharyngeal grooves (outside)
a Tuberculum laterale
b Tuberculum impar
c Foramen cecum
d Ductus thyreoglossus
e Sinus cervicalis

The branchial apparatus is an embryological structure.^[1]^[2]

It consists of:

[edit] References

^ "Medcyclopaedia - Branchial apparatus". http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_vi_2/b/branchial_apparatus.aspx. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ "Lecture 24. Branchial Apparatus". http://www.med.howard.edu/anatomy/gas/wk7/Lecture%2024.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Human development of head and neck (GA 1.65, TE E5.3, 5.4)

Nasal placode · Nasal pit · nasal prominences (Lateral, Medial) · Intermaxillary segment

Frontonasal prominence · Maxillary prominence · Mandibular prominence (Meckel's cartilage)

Palate	Primary palate · Secondary palate

Tongue	Lateral lingual swelling · Tuberculum impar · Copula linguae · Hypopharyngeal eminence · Gustatory placode

General branchial apparatus	Pharyngeal groove (Cervical sinus) · Pharyngeal arch (1st, 2nd) · Pharyngeal pouch

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