Pharyngeal bursa
Bursa pharyngea
- Latin synonym: Bursa pharyngealis
- Eponym: Bursa of of Luschka; Thornwaldt's bursa
Definition
Above the pharyngeal tonsil, in the middle line, an irregular flask-shaped depression of the mucous membrane sometimes extends up as far as the basilar process of the occipital bone; it is known as the pharyngeal bursa (Luschka Bursa). It is a remnant of the anterior end of the notochord.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
