Thyroid diverticulum

Thyroid diverticulum
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Identifiers
Latin	Saccus thyreoideus; diverticulum thyreoideum
Code	TE E5.4.1.2.0.0.9
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

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]

References

Development of the endocrine system

Pituitary	Stomodeum Rathke's pouch

Thyroid	Thyroid diverticulum Thyroglossal duct Ultimopharyngeal body

Development of the digestive system

Foregut	Stomodeum Buccopharyngeal membrane Rathke's pouch Tracheoesophageal septum Pancreatic bud Hepatic diverticulum

Midgut	Midgut

Hindgut	Urorectal septum Proctodeum Cloaca Cloacal membrane

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