A pharyngeal pouch forms when the lining of the pharynx (the tube running from the back of the nose and mouth to the top of the oesophagus, or gullet) bulges through the muscular wall of the pharynx.

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Pharyngeal pouch, which is also known as Zenker's diverticulum, occurs when a piece of the pharyngeal lining herniates through the muscles of the pharyngeal wall. It occurs mainly in older people, ...