ultimobranchialadj.

Etymology: < Latin ultimus last + -o suffix + branchial adj.; so called because the gland develops from the most caudal pharyngeal pouches.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌultimoˈbranchial.

Anatomy.

Applied to a gland in the neck which in many lower vertebrates regulates the calcium level in the body but in man and several higher vertebrates is absorbed into the thyroid during embryonic life.

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ultimobranchial1913

jugulodigastric1920

jugulo-omohyoid1920

1913 Gray's Anat. (ed. 18) 123 A pair of diverticula arise from the fifth branchial pouch and form what are termed the ultimobranchial bodies..: these fuse with the thyreoid gland, but probably contribute no true thyreoid tissue.

1968 New Scientist 15 Feb. 375/2 The ultimobranchial glands are small and situated in the neck region in birds and reptiles, but are generally absent in mammals.

1976 Path. Ann. 11 222 Parafollicular C cells are not restricted to the thyroid, but can also be found in other structures embryologically connected with the ultimobranchial body, ie, parathyroid IV and thymus IV.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	ultimobranchial
释义	ultimobranchialadj. Etymology: < Latin ultimus last + -o suffix + branchial adj.; so called because the gland develops from the most caudal pharyngeal pouches.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌultimoˈbranchial. Anatomy. Applied to a gland in the neck which in many lower vertebrates regulates the calcium level in the body but in man and several higher vertebrates is absorbed into the thyroid during embryonic life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [adjective] > other glands of neck ultimobranchial1913 jugulodigastric1920 jugulo-omohyoid1920 1913 Gray's Anat. (ed. 18) 123 A pair of diverticula arise from the fifth branchial pouch and form what are termed the ultimobranchial bodies..: these fuse with the thyreoid gland, but probably contribute no true thyreoid tissue. 1968 New Scientist 15 Feb. 375/2 The ultimobranchial glands are small and situated in the neck region in birds and reptiles, but are generally absent in mammals. 1976 Path. Ann. 11 222 Parafollicular C cells are not restricted to the thyroid, but can also be found in other structures embryologically connected with the ultimobranchial body, ie, parathyroid IV and thymus IV. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1913
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