NTR: guttural pouch

[katiermullen]

Preferred term label:
guttural pouch

Synonyms
diverticulum of the auditory tube

Definition (free text, please give PubMed ID)
The guttural pouch is present only in members of the order Perissodactyla (nonruminant ungulates: horses, tapirs, rhinoceros) and another small band of small mammals including Hyraxes, certain bats and a South American mouse.

The guttural pouches are paired ventral diverticulae of the eustachian (auditory) tubes, formed by escape of mucosal lining of the tube through a relatively long ventral slit in the supporting cartilages. The auditory tube connect the nasal cavity and middle ear and the diverticulum dilates to form pouches which can have a capacity of 300-500ml in the domestic horse. The pouches are normally air filled.

https://en.wikivet.net/Guttural_Pouches_-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology
isbn-13: 978-0721649610

Parent term (use https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols/ontologies/uberon)

UBERON:0002393 pharyngotympanic tube

UBERON:0005044 mucosa of pharyngotympanic tube

Your nano-attribution (ORCID)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5002-8648