Rathke's cleft

English

Etymology

Named after Martin Rathke.

Noun

Rathke's cleft (plural Rathke's clefts)

  1. (embryogenesis) A cleft between the pars distalis and pars intermedia in certain organisms, where the proliferating anterior wall does not fully occupy Rathke's pouch.
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