3 - Face nose and ears dev. Flashcards
Most Facial structures develop during weeks
4-8 (or the second month)
Week 4
Pharyngeal arches appear; formation if maxillary and mandibular processes; buccopharyngeal membrane breaks down
Weeks 5-6:
Nasal placode invaginates to form the nasal pit, creating medial & lateral nasal processes; nasal pits deepen to form the nasal cavity
Week 7
Facial swellings fuse to create the rudiment of the face; secondary palate is formed
Week 10
Fetal development:
Cranium expands; ears move superiorly; eyes move medially; nose becomes more prominent; facial proportions normalize as acquire teeth & paranasal sinsues
Fetal period
3 mo. To birth. Nose becomes more prominent and well defined.
Balance in proportions occurs with
maxillary and mandibular development as well as the establishment of the paranasal sinuses
Week 4: Facial Primordia
5 facial primordia develop as bulging prominences around the stomodeum:
Frontonasal prominence Maxillary prominences (2) Mandibular prominences (2)
Buccopharyngeal membrane separates the primitive oral cavity from the
developing gastrointestinal tract. In the early 5th week the buccopharyngeal membrane disintegrates.
(Oropharyngeal = buccopharyngeal = oral membrane)
By the end of the second month we can
identify recognizable facial features.
Cranium expands to accompany
growing brain, which causes eyes to shift anteriorly & medially
Fetal Period
Ears move superiorly
Nose becomes more prominent
At first, facial skeleton appears small in comparison to rest of skull. Proportions become more normal once maxilla & mandible grow to allow space for teeth and once acquire paranasal sinuses
Development of the Nose: Nasal Placodes
End of 4th week: 2 ectodermal thickenings develop within frontonasal prominence:
the nasal placodes
Mesenchyme surrounding the placodes
proliferates, forming elevations:
Medial nasal prominences (2)
Lateral nasal prominences (2)
Facial Development: Month 2-3
Facial features more pronounced, Eyes move medially
Ears move superiorly, 1st ossification centers in skull
Beginning of month 3
limbs still small in proportion to body
Both nasal pits deepen and expand dorsally into
nasal sacs, which will form the right and left nasal cavities
Week 5 (33-day embryo)
Epithelium of nasal placodes sinks down into underlying
mesenchyme to form depressions: nasal pits (the future nostrils (nares))
Nasal pits also appear to sink in due to
surrounding elevations (the medial & lateral nasal prominences)
Both nasal sacs will form the
right and left nasal cavities
Oronasal membrane separates
nasal cavities from oral cavity; ruptures at end of week 6. Nasal & oral cavities now in communication through primordial choanae
buccopharyngeal membrane had disintegrated by the early part of the
5th week.
Buccopharyngeal membrane disintegrates, then,
Oronasal membrane ruptures & disintegrates. (6th week)
Nasal & oral cavities now in communication through
primordial choanae
Development of secondary palate establishes the definitive
choanae separating nasal cavities from nasopharynx
Neuroectoderm gives rise to
Olfactory epithelium
Nasal conchae develop from
lateral walls of nasal cavity.
Mandibular prominences fuse at
midline first (day 28)
Maxillary prominences grow in size soon after
mand prominences fuse, move medially, compressing medial nasal prominences in midline
After compressed medial nasal prominences in mideline,
Medial nasal prominences fuse
Nasolacrimal Groove
Cleft between the lateral nasal prominences and the maxillary prominences: the nasolacrimal groove
The nasolacrimal groove is lost when
the lateral nasal prominences fuse with the maxillary prominences
Nasolacrimal Duct
Ectoderm proliferates into underlying mesenchyme & forms a solid rod that separates from surface & canalizes to become the nasolacrimal duct
Superior end of nasolacrimal duct dilates to form
nasolacrimal sac, and inferior end opens up into inferior meatus of nasal cavity
Medial nasal prominences fuse
intermaxillary segment: