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Term:
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absent ultimobranchial body  
persistent ultimobranchial bodies  
partial or complete failure of the ultimobranchial bodies to fuse with the ventral thyroid primordium; as a result, ultimobranchial bodies remain as unilateral or bilateral vesicles composed exclusively of calcitonin-producing cells

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: persistent corpus ultimopharyngeum ;   persistent postbranchial bodies ;   persistent telobranchial bodies ;   persistent telopharyngeal bodies ;   persistent ultimobranchial glands ;   persistent ultimopharyngeal bodies ;   persistent ultimopharyngeal glands
Definition Sources: ISBN:032322153X

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