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pharyngeal slit
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An organ formed from the perforation between the point of contact between ectoderm and endoderm in the pharynx. The slits assist in filtering food particles from the water. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23020903 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
pharyngeal slit
Subsets
organ_slim
depicted by
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/280px-Gill_slits.png
editor note
requires review. Kardong uses the term pharyngeal slit for Chondrichthyans. 'branchial slit' may also be used for amniote structures.
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
pharyngeal perforation, gill slit
id
UBERON:0008815
taxon notes
homologous to pharyngeal pouches, Some hemichordate species can have as many as 200 gill slits, may have been present in deuterostome ancestor[PMID:11961109]
Term relations
Subclass of:
- digestive system element
- endoderm-derived structure
- develops_from some early pharyngeal endoderm
- part of some chordate pharynx