The Collaborative International Dictionary
Branchial \Bran"chi*al\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to branchi[ae] or gills.
Branchial arches, the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. See Illustration in Appendix.
Branchial clefts, the openings between the branchial arches through which water passes.
Wiktionary
a. Of, pertaining to or resembling gills
WordNet
adj. of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)
Wikipedia
Branchial may refer to:
- Branchial apparatus, an embryological structure.
- Branchial arch a series of bony "loops" present in fish, which support the gills.
- Branchial artery, also known as aortic arches.
- Branchial cleft
- Branchial cleft cyst, failure of obliteration of the second branchial cleft in embryonic development.
- Branchial efferent, also known as special visceral efferent.
- Branchial heart
- Branchial membrane
- Branchial plexus
- Branchial pouches, also known as pharyngeal pouches.
- First and second branchial arch syndrome, also known as hemifacial microsomia.
- Ultimo-branchial bodies, also known as ultimopharyngeal body.
Usage examples of "branchial".
We cannot, for instance, suppose that in the embryos of the vertebrata the peculiar loop-like course of the arteries near the branchial slits are related to similar conditions,--in the young mammal which is nourished in the womb of its mother, in the egg of the bird which is hatched in a nest, and in the spawn of a frog under water.
We may cease marvelling at the embryo of an air-breathing mammal or bird having branchial slits and arteries running in loops, like those in a fish which has to breathe the air dissolved in water, by the aid of well-developed branchiae.
In accordance with this abbreviated development, the caudal membranous crest does not exist, and the branchial aperture closes as soon as the external gills disappear.
We cannot, for instance, suppose that in the embryos of the vertebrata the peculiar loop-like course of the arteries near the branchial slits are related to similar conditions,--in the young mammal which is nourished in the womb of its mother, in the egg of the bird which is hatched in a nest, and in the spawn of a frog under water.
We may cease marvelling at the embryo of an air-breathing mammal or bird having branchial slits and arteries running in loops, like those in a fish which has to breathe the air dissolved in water, by the aid of well-developed branchiae.
We cannot, for instance, suppose that in the embryos of the vertebrata the peculiar loop-like course of the arteries near the branchial slits are related to similar conditions, -- in the young mammal which is nourished in the womb of its mother, in the egg of the bird which is hatched in a nest, and in the spawn of a frog under water.