
Adult male zebrafish; H&E staining Thyroid follicles
are found in the pharyngeal region, dispersed around the truncus arteriosus
, the jugular veins
, and the afferent branchial arteries
, which feed the gills
. These follicles vary in size, and are not, as in mammals, arranged in a circumscribed organ. The pharyngeal region further contains gill musculature
(for protraction / retraction of the gill arches), which are attached to the hyoid
. The truncus arteriosus arises with its proximal part, the bulbus arteriosus
, from the ventricle of the heart, which in turn receives the blood from the atrium
.

Adult male zebrafish; H&E staining large follicles
This specimen shows large thyroid follicles
around the truncus arteriosus
and the branching afferent branchial arteries
.Note the attachment of branchial muscles
to the gill arch.