Thyroid diverticulum

The thyroid pouch or thyroid diverticulum is the embryological structure of the second pharyngeal arch from which thyroid follicular cells derive.[1]

Thyroid diverticulum
Details
PrecursorSecond pharyngeal arch
Gives rise toThyroid follicular cells
Identifiers
LatinSaccus thyreoideus; diverticulum thyreoideum
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Anatomical terminology

It grows from the floor of the pharynx.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Endocrine Glands". Archived from the original on March 14, 2008.
  2. "The thyroid gland".


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