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Pharyngeal Pouches

Note in contrast to this historic image, current research has shown that the human thymic epithelium derives solely from the third pharyngeal pouch (as in the mouse). [1]


Links: Gray 1175 | thymus Head Development | Endocrine System Development

Reference

  1. Farley AM, Morris LX, Vroegindeweij E, Depreter ML, Vaidya H, Stenhouse FH, Tomlinson SR, Anderson RA, Cupedo T, Cornelissen JJ & Blackburn CC. (2013). Dynamics of thymus organogenesis and colonization in early human development. Development , 140, 2015-26. PMID: 23571219 DOI.

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