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Term:
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cervical sinus of His 
A temporary depression caudal to the second pharyngeal arch, containing the succeeding pharyngeal arches; it is overgrown by the second pharyngeal arch and closes off as the cervical vesicle. This sinus is bounded in front by the hyoid arch, and behind by the thoracic wall.
entire pharyngeal arch associated mesenchyme +  
entire pharyngeal arch endoderm +  
future foramen cecum +  
hilum +  
lens pit 
olfactory pit +  
otic pit +  
pharyngeal arch +  
pharyngeal pouch +  
primitive pit 
proctodeum +  
tongue +  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: cervical sinus
Related Synonyms: retro-hyoid depression ;   sinus cervicalis
Xrefs: EHDAA2:0000078 ;   EHDAA:5105 ;   EHDAA:6534 ;   EMAPA:16884 ;   RETIRED_EHDAA2:0000239 ;   Wikipedia:Cervical_sinus
Definition Sources: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/cervical+sinus, Wikipedia:Cervical_sinus

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