branchpoint

English

Etymology

From branch +‎ point.

Noun

branchpoint (plural branchpoints)

1. The point at which a branch occurs
   • 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology‎^[1], volume 12, →DOI:

     In c and d’, open arrowheads point to clusters of neurons with FMRF-LIR near the pharynx (stomatogastric ganglia), a closed arrowhead points to a single cell with FMRF-LIR that is anterior to the medial portion of the pharynx, the open arrow indicates the first branchpoint in the anterior enteric nerve (aEN).