Rathke's pouch
[ raht-kuh z ]
/ ˈrɑt kəz /
noun Embryology.
an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
Also called
Rathke's pocket.
Origin of Rathke's pouch
1940–45; named after Martin Heinrich
Rathke (1793–1860), German anatomist