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Rathke(dictionary)
Rathke's bundles(medicine)

Rathke's pouch (medicine) and Medusa's head (iou)


Rathke's pouch (medicine)


Rathke's pouch -->
pituitary diverticulum


A tubular outgrowth of ectoderm from the stomodeum of the embryo; it grows dorsad toward the infundibular process of the diencephalon, around which it forms a cup-like mass, giving rise to the pars distalis and pars juxtaneuralis of the hypophysis.

Synonym: craniopharyngeal canal, hypophyseal pouch, Rathke's diverticulum, Rathke's pocket, Rathke's pouch.


Medusa's head (iou)



Medusa's head noun phr. M16.
[from MEDUSA + -'S1 + HEAD noun.]
Astronomy. A cluster of stars including the bright star Algol, in the constellation Perseus. M16.
a. A succulent southern African spurge, Euphorbia caput-Medusae, with many long drooping branches. M18.
b. A Malayan orchid, Bulbophyllum medusae, with lateral sepals prolonged into threadlike processes. M19.
Any of various brittle-stars with long, flexible, freq. branched arms; a basket fish. L18.