Rathke's pouch

Rathke's pouch
Sketches in profile of two stages in the development of the human digestive tube.
Details
Carnegie stage10
Gives rise toAnterior pituitary
Identifiers
Latinfovea adenohypophysialis
Anatomical terminology

In embryogenesis, Rathke's pouch is an evagination at the roof of the developing mouth in front of the buccopharyngeal membrane. It gives rise to the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis), a part of the endocrine system.

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