hypopharyngeal

Adjective

Meaning

relating to the hypopharynx

located below the pharynx

Examples

Bee bread is eaten by nurse bees (younger workers) who then produce the protein-rich royal jelly needed by the queen and developing larvae in their hypopharyngeal glands. Source: Internet

The hypopharyngeal eminence develops mainly by the growth of endoderm from the third pharyngeal arch. Source: Internet

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