MCQ Anatomy 056

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A 17-year-old male is examined by a physician, who notes a mass at the back of the young man's tongue. The physician biopsies the mass, and the pathology report comes back with a diagnosis of normal thyroid tissue. The occasional presence of such tissue at the back of the tongue is related to the embryonic origin of the thyroid near which of the following structures?

A. First pharyngeal pouch
B. Foramen cecum
Human Embryology: The Ultimate USMLE Step 1 ReviewC. Nasolacrimal duct
D. Second pharyngeal arch
E. Third pharyngeal pouch

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