Copula linguae

Copula linguae
Floor of pharynx of human embryo of about the end of the fourth week.
Floor of pharynx of human embryo about thirty days old.
Details
Latin	Copula linguae
Dorlands /Elsevier	c_54/12258655
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

Also known as the hypobranchial eminence.

The furcula is at first separated from the tuberculum impar by a depression, but later by a ridge, the copula, formed by the forward growth and fusion of the ventral ends of the second, third, and part of the fourth branchial arches.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

hednk-024—Embryo Images at University of North Carolina

Development of the head and neck

Face

Nasal placode
Nasal pit
Nasal prominences
- Lateral
- Medial
Intermaxillary segment
Frontonasal prominence
Maxillary prominence
Mandibular prominence
- Meckel's cartilage

Oral cavity

Palate	Primary palate Secondary palate

Tongue	Lateral lingual swelling Tuberculum impar Copula linguae Hypopharyngeal eminence Gustatory placode

General	Branchial apparatus Pharyngeal groove Cervical sinus Pharyngeal arch 1st 2nd Pharyngeal pouch

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