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Definition of Branchial arch
1. Noun. One of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
Generic synonyms: Anatomical Structure, Bodily Structure, Body Structure, Complex Body Part, Structure
Definition of Branchial arch
1. Noun. (zoology) Any of a series of bony looped structures which support the gills of fish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Branchial Arch
Literary usage of Branchial arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"... large complete first branchial arch, and in both kinds pharyngo-branchial
rudiments of the second branchial arch. i. The respiratory (branchial) pouches ..."
2. The Common Frog by St. George Jackson Mivart (1881)
"... seen a concavity which is produced by the section of the groove which runs
along the convex and exterior (here upper) side of each branchial arch, ba, ..."
3. The Frog: An Introduction to Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology by A Milnes Marshall (1906)
"34), the first, in the first branchial arch, persists as the carotid arch of the
adult frog; the lingual artery is a branch from the ventral end of the ..."
4. A Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1872)
"the number is reduced to seven ; the fourth branchial arch having only one series,
the anterior. In this case, the gill-cleft, which should lie between this ..."
5. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1917)
"Between it and the branchial arch i Tuberculum impar Lateral lingual ...
branchial arch 2 branchial arch 3 branchial arch 4 Arytenoid ..."
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