CFD 6 - face, jaws and mouth 1 Flashcards
What is the fronto-nasal process?
prominence in the upper facial area at the most cephalic end of the embryo
What is the ‘cephalic end’?
head of a structure such as the trilaminar embryonic disc
What are the mandibular processes?
processes of first branchial arch that fuse at the midline to form mandibular arch
What is the mandibular arch?
lower dental arch with mandibular teeth or the 1st branchial/pharyngeal arch inferior to the stomodeum in the embryo
What are the maxillary processes?
prominence from mandibular arch that grows superiorly and anteriorly on each side of the stomodeum of the embryo
What is the maxillary arch?
upper dental arch in which the maxillary teeth form
What is the nasal placode?
placodes that develop into olfactory organ for the sensation of smell located in the mature nose
What is a placode?
area of ectoderm found in the location of the developing special sense organs on the embryo
When during development is the basic morphology of the face established?
between the 4th and 10th week
What develops to establish the basic morphology of the face?
the 5 prominences (develop and join together)
What are the 5 prominences in face development?
- frontonasal prominence (overlies the forebrain)
- 2 maxillary prominences
- 2 mandibular prominences (associated with the 1st pharyngeal arch)
What does the frontonasal prominence arise from?
neural crest cells derived from the mid- and fore-brain
Where are the neural crest cell contributions to the maxillary and mandibular prominences derived from?
the mid- and hind-brain
What embryonic layers are involved in facial development?
all 3 (endoderm, ectoderm, mesoderm)
What should be happening to the oropharyngeal membrane during the 5th week of development?
should see disintegrating oropharyngeal membrane and these prominences growing across
What do the 5 prominences surround?
the stomodeum
What is the stomodeum?
primitive oral cavity
What separates the stomodeum from the GI tract?
an oropharyngeal membrane
What are the 2 types of fusion?
- “fusion” e.g. between medial nasal prominences
- true fusion e.g. between medial nasal prominence and maxillary process
What happens during “fusion”?
- “fusion” of prominences by elimaintion of furrow
- proliferation of cells, pushing up of surrounding tissue causing the groove to become more progressively smoother or shallow until it completely smooths out
- this merging is critical as without it, a deep depression or facial cleft would remain between what used to be the facial processes
What is true fusion?
- true fusion of separate processes
- two separate processes growing towards each other, touching, and then fusing
What is the primary palate?
- from the fused medial nasal prominences (intermaxillary segment)
- does not separate oral and nasal cavities - demarcates
What is happening at 26 days of development?
- Placodes forming - rounded areas of thickened ectoderm which will develop into special sense organs
- Maxillary processes start growing towards eachother
- Mandibular process undergoing “fusion” - groove becoming more shallow
What is happening at 27 days of development?
- Nasal pits starting to migrate in
- Maxillary processes starting to enlarge and grow across
- Mandibular process groove starting to flatten out
What is happening during day 34 of development?
- Growth of the maxillary processes also pulls round the otic placodes which will develop into the eyes
- Differentiation into medial and lateral nasal prominences
What is happening during day 36 of development?
- Pattern formation
- Thickenings now starting to differentiate on either side of the foetus
- These simultaneously start to signal and enlarge
What is happening during the 6th week of development?
the ectoderm at the centre of each of the nasal placodes invaginates to form an oval nasal pit
What do the oval nasal pits divide?
the frontonasal prominence into the lateral and medial nasal processes