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Definition of Rathke in English: Rathkenoun ˈrɑːtkə Embryology. In the genitive, and with of, especially in "Rathke's pouch". Designating a hollow sac of ectoderm that extends from the roof of the oral cavity towards the floor of the forebrain in the vertebrate embryo, and from which the anterior lobe and pars intermedia of the pituitary gland develop.
Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From the name of Martin Heinrich Rathke, German anatomist, who described the diverticulum in 1838. Definition of Rathke in US English: Rathkenounˈrɑːtkə Embryology. In the genitive, and with of, especially in "Rathke's pouch". Designating a hollow sac of ectoderm that extends from the roof of the oral cavity towards the floor of the forebrain in the vertebrate embryo, and from which the anterior lobe and pars intermedia of the pituitary gland develop.
Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From the name of Martin Heinrich Rathke, German anatomist, who described the diverticulum in 1838. |