{"term":{"id":"10472","title":"branchial arch","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - branchial arch","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.10472","code":"10472","status":"current","synonym":"<em>synonym<\/em>: gill arch","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"In embryology, one of several arches, resembling the gill arches of a fish, found in the embryo of a higher vertebrate; these arches develop into structures of the ear and neck.\nIn biology, one of several bony or cartilaginous arches located on either side of the pharynx and supporting the gills in fish and amphibians.","links":[{"term":"cartilaginous","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10494"},{"term":"embryology","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10649"},{"term":"pharynx","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11086"},{"term":"vertebrate","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11367"}],"sources":["PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 731 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2015-1202)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10472\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10472\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10472\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'branchial arch' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.10472","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-05-10T11:22:04+00:00"}}