mouth hook [FBbt_00001846]
A moveable chitinous structures at the anterior tip of the cephalopharyngeal skeleton of the larva. There is a bilateral pair of these, with one on either side of the atrium. Each mouth hook has three processes: a hooked oral process extending anteriorly, a ventral process, and a dorsal process extending dorso-posteriorly to the median tooth. The mouth hooks develop from the maxillary segment.
mouth hook
ID: FBbt_00001846
Anatomy Larva
A moveable chitinous structures at the anterior tip of the cephalopharyngeal skeleton of the larva. There is a bilateral pair of these, with one on either side of the atrium. Each mouth hook has three processes: a hooked oral process extending anteriorly, a ventral process, and a dorsal process extending dorso-posteriorly to the median tooth. The mouth hooks develop from the maxillary segment.
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- is part of: cephalopharyngeal skeleton
Alternative Names
| Synonym | Scope | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| mouth hooks | related synonym |
Expression patterns overlapping mouth hook (5 total)
| Thumbnail | Name | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| P{e-GFP.U76} expression pattern | Expression_pattern | |
| P{e-GFP.U53} expression pattern | Expression_pattern | |
| P{lacW}Thor[k13517] expression pattern | Expression_pattern | |
| P{lacW}k09005 expression pattern | Expression_pattern | |
| P{lacW}esg[k10811] expression pattern | Expression_pattern |
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