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Aurignacian (iou) and craniopharyngeal canal (medicine)


Aurignacian (iou)



Aurignacian adjective & noun. E20.
[French Aurignacien, from Aurignac in SW France, where remains of it were found.]
A. adjective. Designating or pertaining to a culture of the palaeolithic period in Europe following the Mousterian and preceding the Solutrean. E20.
b. noun. (A person of) this culture. E20.

craniopharyngeal canal (medicine)


craniopharyngeal canal -->
pituitary diverticulum


A tubular outgrowth of ectoderm from the stomodeum of the embryo; it grows dorsad toward the infundibular process of the diencephalon, around which it forms a cup-like mass, giving rise to the pars distalis and pars juxtaneuralis of the hypophysis.

Synonym: craniopharyngeal canal, hypophyseal pouch, Rathke's diverticulum, Rathke's pocket, Rathke's pouch.