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pharyngeal arch 4

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Contributes to development of the cartilage of the larynx, laryngeal, pharyngeal, and soft palate muscles, superior parathyroid gland, and C-cells of the thymus. [ MP:0006340 ]

Synonyms: gill arch 2, visceral arch 4, 4th visceral arch, 4th branchial arch, 4th pharyngeal arch, fourth pharyngeal arch, second gill arch

Term info

database cross reference
  • EHDAA:1663
  • TAO:0001599
  • AAO:0010366
  • ZFA:0001607
  • EMAPA:16760
  • EHDAA2:0000086
  • XAO:0000449
  • VHOG:0000299
  • FMA:293035
  • SCTID:308770007
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

The second pharyngeal/branchial arch; arises as a thickening of the pharygeal wall between the first and second branchial clefts; contains the second aortic arch; forms part of the hyoid bone, tongue and facial musculature.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

A conserved feature of all vertebrate embryos is the presence of a series of bulges on the lateral surface of the head, the pharyngeal arches; it is within these structures that the nerves, muscles and skeletal components of the pharyngeal apparatus are laid down. The pharyngeal arches are separated by endodermal outpocketings, the pharyngeal pouches.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000012

in XAO, called branchial arch 2 and df VP4

has related synonym

fourth visceral arch, second branchial arch, 4th arch, branchial arch 2

id

UBERON:0003115

prefLabel

pharyngeal arch 4