10: Orofacial Development Flashcards
Two ossification processes involved in cranium development and explain them
Intramembranous ossification: mesenchyme produces bone without cartilage
Endochondral ossification: bone formation occurs using a cartilagenous intermediate
Two pats of the cranium and explain them
Neurocranium: bony case that encloses brain
Viscerocranium: bones comprising facial skeleton
Five things formed by cartilagenous neurocranium
- Occipital bone
- Body of sphenoid
- Ethmoid bone (these three in order)
- Temporal bone: petrous and mastoid parts
What forms the membranous neurocranium
Head mesenchyme at the sides and top of brain
What does the membranous neurocranium form?
Calvaria (frontal and parietal bones)
Cartilagenous viscerocranium
NCCs form pharyngeal arches
Membranous viscerocranium: three things formed
- Squamous part of temporal bones
- Maxillary bone
- Zygomatic bones
What does the mandible form from?
Cells of the mandibular prominence
Craniosynostosis
Premature closing of certain sutures
Four types of craniosynostosis
- Scaphocephaly
- Brachiocephaly
- Plagiocephaly
- Trigonocephaly
Scaphocephaly
Sagittal suture closes -> cranium long, narrow, and wedge shaped (50% of cases)
Brachiocephaly
Coronal suture closes -> high, tower-like cranium (30%)
Two types of plagiocephaly and describe them
Posterior plagiocephaly: unilaterally impacts lambdoid suture
Anterior plagiocephaly: unilaterally impacts coronal suture
Trigonocephaly
Frontal suture closes -> metopic suture -> malformation of frontal and orbital bones
What is mesenchyme doing during 4-8th weeks of development
It contains active growth centers