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