(fŭr'kyŭ-lă , fŭr'kyŭ-lē‵, fŭr'kyŭ-lī‵)

Plural: furculae

[L. furcula, little fork]

An elevation in the floor of the embryonic pharynx at the level of the third and fourth branchial arches. It gives rise to the epiglottis and the aryepiglottic folds. SYN: hypobranchial eminence.