Rathke's pouch — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 275 GrayPage = 1277 Caption = Sketches in profile of two stages in the development of the human digestive tube. Caption2 = CarnegieStage = 10 Precursor = GivesRiseTo = anterior pituitary… … Wikipedia
Rathke's pouch — Rath·ke s pouch rät kəz n a pouch of ectoderm that grows out from the upper surface of the embryonic stomodeum and gives rise to the adenohypophysis of the pituitary gland called also Rathke s pocket Rathke Martin Heinrich (1793 1860) German… … Medical dictionary
rathke's pouch — ˈrätkəz noun also rathke s pocket Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: after Martin H. Rathke died 1860 German anatomist : a pouch of ectoderm that grows out from the upper surface of the embryonic stomodaeum and gives rise to the anterior… … Useful english dictionary
Rathke's pouch — /raht keuhz/, Embryol. an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Also called Rathke s pocket. [1940 45; named after Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793 1860), German anatomist] * * * … Universalium
Rathke's pouch — see craniopharyngioma … The new mediacal dictionary
Rathke, Martin H — ▪ German anatomist born Aug. 25, 1793, Danzig, Prussia [now Gdańsk, Pol.] died Sept. 3, 1860, Königsberg [now Kaliningrad, Russia] German anatomist who first described the gill slits and gill arches in the embryos of mammals and birds. He… … Universalium
pouch of rathke — Usage: usually capitalized R : rathke s pouch … Useful english dictionary
rathke's pocket — noun see rathke s pouch … Useful english dictionary
Rathke cysts — Rathke cleft cysts groups of epithelial cells forming small colloid filled cysts in the pars intermedia of the pituitary gland; they are vestiges of Rathke pouch and are closely related to craniopharyngiomas. Called also craniobuccal c s and… … Medical dictionary
Rathke tumor — Rathke pouch tumor craniopharyngioma … Medical dictionary