Branchial may refer to:
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Branchial apparatus, an embryological structure.
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Branchial arch
Branchial arches or gill arches are a series of paired bony/ cartilaginous "loops" behind the throat ( pharyngeal cavity) of fish, which support the fish gills. As chordates, all vertebrate embryos develop pharyngeal arches, though the eve ...
a series of bony "loops" present in fish, which support the gills.
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Branchial artery, also known as aortic arches.
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Branchial cleft
A pharyngeal groove (or branchial groove, or pharyngeal cleft) is made up of ectoderm unlike its counterpart the pharyngeal pouch on the endodermal side.
The first pharyngeal groove produces the external auditory meatus (ear canal). The rest (2, ...
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Branchial cleft cyst
A branchial cleft cyst or simply branchial cyst is a cyst as a swelling in the upper part of neck anterior to sternocleidomastoid. It can, but does not necessarily, have an opening to the skin surface, called a fistula. The cause is usually a devel ...
, failure of obliteration of the second branchial cleft in embryonic development.
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Branchial efferent, also known as special visceral efferent.
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Branchial heart
Branchial hearts are accessory pumps that supplement the action of the systemic heart in a cephalopod's body. They are myogenic in nature. Branchial hearts are always in pairs located at the base of the gills. Each branchial heart consists of a ...
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Branchial membrane
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Branchial plexus
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Branchial pouches, also known as pharyngeal pouches.
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First and second branchial arch syndrome, also known as hemifacial microsomia.
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Ultimo-branchial bodies, also known as ultimopharyngeal body.
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