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epibranchial, a. (and n.) Zool.|ɛpɪˈbræŋkɪəl|
[See epi-.]
Of or belonging to the segment next below the pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. As n., this segment.
1846[see pharyngo-branchial (pharyngo-)]. 1877Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. (ed. 4) 119 Two lamellae united by their ventral edges and enclosing a central cavity which opens into a chamber (epibranchial) above. 1892C. S. Minot Hum. Embryol. 651 A chain of epibranchial organs. 1893A. M. Marshall Vert. Embryol. 40 Along the mid-dorsal line of the pharynx is a deep epibranchial groove.., lined by a single layer of long columnar ciliated cells. 1921A. Keith Hum. Embryol. (ed. 4) 243 At the upper end of each cleft depression there develop remarkable sense-organs, known as the epibranchial placodes. 1929Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. LXXII. 152 Epibranchial flaps eventually grow downward over the gill-slits of both sides to form the belated atrium. 1946Nature 12 Oct. 524/1 They open posteriorly at the basal portion of the vertical tube referred to above, which communicates between the epibranchial chamber and the exhalant chamber. |