buccopharyngeal membrane — n a membrane in an early embryo composed of ectoderm and endoderm and separating the head end of the gut from the stomodeum called also oral membrane, oral plate, pharyngeal membrane * * * oropharyngeal m … Medical dictionary
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
Cloacal membrane — Tail end of human embryo from fifteen to eighteen days old. Latin membrana cloacalis Gray s … Wikipedia
pharyngeal membrane — n BUCCOPHARYNGEAL MEMBRANE * * * in the embryo, one of the thin membranes, consisting of ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm, that separate the pharyngeal pouches from the pharyngeal grooves; the first pharyngeal membrane, with its associated… … Medical dictionary
oral membrane — n BUCCOPHARYNGEAL MEMBRANE * * * oropharyngeal m … Medical dictionary
Mucous membrane — Layers: serosa longitudinal muscle myenteric plexus circular muscle submucosal plexus submucosal mucosal … Wikipedia
Mucous membrane of the soft palate — Gray s subject #243 1141 The mucous membrane of the soft palate is thin, and covered with stratified squamous epithelium on both surfaces, excepting near the pharyngeal ostium of the auditory tube, where it is columnar and ciliated. According to… … Wikipedia
oropharyngeal membrane — a transient embryonic septum at the cranial limit of the foregut, in the depths of the stomodeum; it temporarily separates the mouth cavity from the pharynx. Called also buccopharyngeal m. and pharyngeal septum … Medical dictionary
Stomodeum — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 241 GrayPage = 1101 Caption = Human embryo about fifteen days old. Brain and heart represented from right side. Digestive tube and yolk sac in median section. (Stomodeum labeled in upper… … Wikipedia
Cloaca (embryology) — For other uses, see Cloaca. Cloaca (embryology) Tail end of human embryo thirty two to thirty three days old. Cloaca is visible at center left. The endodermal cloaca is labeled with green, while the ectodermal cloaca is seen as a colorless crest… … Wikipedia
