Medical Definition of Ultimobranchial body

1. A diverticulum from the fourth pharyngeal pouch of an embryo, regarded by some as a rudimentary fifth pharyngeal pouch and by others as a lateral thyroid primordium. The ultimobranchial bodies of lower vertebrates contain large amounts of calcitonin. In mammals the bodies fuse with the thyroid gland and are thought to develop into the parafollicular cells. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ultimobranchial Body

ultimate strength
ultimated
ultimately
ultimateness
ultimatenesses
ultimates
ultimating
ultimation
ultimatum
ultimatums
ultimity
ultimo
ultimobranchial
ultimobranchial body (current term)
ultimobranchial pouch
ultimogeniture
ultimogenitures
ultimum moriens
ultion
ultions
ultisol
ultisols
ulto
ultra
ultra-
ultra-Orthodox
ultra-high
ultra-light-rail

Other Resources:

Search for Ultimobranchial body on Dictionary.com!Search for Ultimobranchial body on Thesaurus.com!Search for Ultimobranchial body on Google!Search for Ultimobranchial body on Wikipedia!

Search