thyroid diverticulum

Term ID

UBERON:0007689

Synonyms

• diverticulum thyroideum
• saccus thyroideus

Definition

endodermal bud derived from the endodermal epithelium of the embryonic pharyngeal floor[MP]. The thyroid diverticulum is the embryological structure from which thyroid follicular cells derive. It grows from the floor of the pharnyx[WP]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid_diverticulum

References

• Thyroid:diverticulum

Ontology

Cell Ontology