Biology:Thyroid diverticulum

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

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

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Endocrine Glands". Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080314150306/http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/histology/labmanual2002/labsection3/ThyroidParathyroidIslets03.htm. 
  2. ↑ "The thyroid gland". http://www.med.mun.ca/anatomyts/head/thyroid.htm. 




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