branchial
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
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of or relating to homologous structures in higher vertebrates
branchial cyst
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The funnel's walls are formed by branchial arches, which include comb-like structures.
From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025
Now, a group of Kyoto University researchers have produced neural crest cell-rich aggregates from human pluripotent stem cells and developed a method to differentiate them in cell populations with a branchial arch-like gene expression pattern.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024
But the makings of a new way of feeding were already present in fish anatomy: a series of curved bones called branchial arches and the supporting muscles.
From Science Magazine • May 24, 2023
In fish the branchial arches form the jaws, the hyoid bone that supports the back of the jaw, and the skeleton that forms the throat and gill slits.
From Science Magazine • May 24, 2023
This consists of gills supported on strong arches, the branchial arches, which in the Elasmobranch fishes are from five to seven in number and uncovered with any operculum, or lid.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various
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