Hypobranchial eminence
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The hypopharyngeal eminence or hypobranchial eminence is an embryogenic
Embryogenesis
Embryogenesis is the process by which the embryo is formed and develops, until it develops into a fetus.Embryogenesis starts with the fertilization of the ovum by sperm. The fertilized ovum is referred to as a zygote...

 structure which forms the 1/3 posterior part (copula
Copula linguae
Also known as the hypobranchial eminence.The furcula is at first separated from the tuberculum impar by a depression, but later by a ridge, the copula, formed by the forward growth and fusion of the ventral ends of the second, third, and part of the fourth branchial arches....

) of adult tongue during fetal development.
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