Concept information
Preferred term
Ultimobranchial Body
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Note
- embryonic structure in animals; /embryol permitted but consider other qualif
Scope note
- A diverticulum from the fourth pharyngeal pouch of an embryo, regarded by some as a rudimentary fifth pharyngeal pouch and by others as a lateral thyroid primordium. The ultimobranchial bodies of lower vertebrates contain large amounts of calcitonin. In mammals the bodies fuse with the thyroid gland and are thought to develop into the parafollicular cells. (Stedman, 25th ed)
History note
- 73
In other languages
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Finnish
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ultimobrankiaalielin
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014460
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