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
Precursor	Second pharyngeal arch
Gives rise to	Thyroid follicular cells
Identifiers
Latin	saccus thyreoideus; diverticulum thyreoideum
TE	diverticulum_by_E5.4.1.2.0.0.9 E5.4.1.2.0.0.9
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

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

See also

• Diverticulum