A diverticulum (plural: diverticula) is medical term for an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid filled) structure in the body. Its use implies that the structure is not normally present, although embryologically, some normal structures begin development as a diverticulum arising off of another structure (for example, the lungs begin as a diverticulum forming off of the ventral foregut). Jump to: navigation, search Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with maintaining human health and restoring it by treating disease and injury; it is both an area of knowledge, a science of body organ system|systems and diseases and their treatment, and the applied practice of that knowledge. ... Embryology is the subdivision of developmental biology that studies embryos and their development. ...
In no particular order, some frequently encountered diverticulum follow:
Meckel’s diverticulum is an out pouching from the intestine caused by an abnormality during the development of the fetus and it occurs between 5 and 7 weeks after conception.
Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly (abnormality) of the gastrointestinal tract (stomach and intestines) and is present in approximately 2% of the population.
Although complications of Meckel’s diverticulum rarely may be life-threatening, studies of large numbers of patients with this problem have been associated with a low risk of complications or death (<2%), related largely to the management of the diverticulum itself.
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