part of develops from head stomodeum Rathke's pouch FMA:302929 pouch of Rathke SCTID:362583008 XAO:0000430 NCIT:C54098 adenohypophysial pouch Rathke's cyst Rathke's pocket AAO:0011094 hypophyseal pouch VHOG:0000674 hypophyseal diverticulum NCIT:C34281 nasohypophyseal pouch A pouch of ectoderm that grows out from the upper surface of the embryonic stomodeum and gives rise to the anterior and intermediate lobes of the pituitary gland[MP]. In embryogenesis, Rathke's pouch is a depression in the roof of the developing mouth in front of the buccopharyngeal membrane. It gives rise to the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis), a part of the endocrine system[WP]. SCTID:61127000 neuronames:1516 Rathkes pouch epithelium Rathke's cleft pituitary diverticulum Wikipedia:Rathke's_pouch Rathke pouch craniopharyngeal pouch EHDAA2:0001588 EMAPA:16725 craniobuccal pouch developing anatomical structure epithelial sac adenohypophyseal placode ecto-epithelium