Development (L5-L9) Flashcards
Name the primary germ layers
- Ectoderm
- Mesoderm
- Endoderm
- Neural Crest/Ecto-mesenchyme
Where does ectoderm come from and what does it develop into?
From epiblast; develop into: skin, neural tube etc.
Where does mesoderm come from?
From the migratory cells of the epiblast layer
Where does endoderm come from
from the hypoblast layer
When do pharyngeal arches appear?
in the 4th-5th week
What lines the outer surface of the pharyngeal arches?
Ectoderm
What lines the inner surface of the pharyngeal arches?
Endoderm
What does each pharyngeal arch contain?
An artery, nerve, cartilage, muscles
What is the 1st arch?
Mandibular arch
What cartilage is in the 1st arch?
Meckel’s cartilage
What does meckel’s cartilage form
- Bones: Incus & Malleus
- Ligaments: Sphenomandibular & Sphenomalleolar
What does the 1st arch give rise to?
- body of tongue
- muscles of mastication (temporalis, masseter, pterygoid, mylohyoid, anterior body of digastric)
Which nerve supplies the mandibular arch?
CN V (Trigeminal)
Which arteries supply the 1st/ mandibular arch?
Carotid / Maxillary artery
Name a disease caused by the degeneration of the mandibular arch
Treacher-Collin’s syndrome
What is the 2nd arch called?
Hyoid arch
Which cartilage is in the 2nd arch
Reichert’s cartilage
What forms from the Reichert’s cartilage?
Stapes, Lesser horn and superior hyoid body, styloid process, stylohyoid ligament
Which muscles form from the hyoid arch?
Muscles of facial expression and posterior belly of digastric muscle
Which nerve supplies the hyoid arch?
Facial nerve (CN VII)
What does the 2nd arch give rise to?
- Thyroid gland
- Tonsil
Which nerve supplies the 3rd arch?
CN IX (Glossopharyngeal nerve)
Which muscle does the 3rd arch supply
Stylopharyngeus muscle
What does the 3rd arch form?
- greater horn of hyoid
- inferior hyoid body
- root of the tongue
What cartilage does the 4th arch give rise to?
Thyroid cartilage
What structures does the 4th arch give rise to?
Pharynx & Epiglottis
Which nerve supplies the 4th arch?
CN X (Vagus) - superior laryngeal branch
Which muscles do the 4th arch form?
Pharyngeal constrictor and muscles of the soft palate
Which nerve supplies the 6th arch?
CN X (Vagus) - Inferior laryngeal nerve
What does the 1st cleft/groove give rise to?
External auditory meatus; Ear drum
What does the 1st pouch give?
- Eustachian tube
- Middle ear cavity
- Tympanic membrane
- Ventral part obliterated by tongue
What does the 2nd pouch give?
Tonsillar fossa & Ventral part obliterated by tongue
What does the 3rd pouch give?
Inferior parathyroid gland & Thymus
What does the 4th pouch give?
Superior parathyroid gland (will fuse with the inferior one)
Also becomes the parafollicular (C cells) associated with the thyroid gland that produces calcitonin
Name the 5 facial processes
Frontonasal process, paired maxillary process, paired mandibular process
When does development of the face start?
At 4 weeks
What is “fusion” VS true fusion?
“Fusion” involves the fusion of prominences by elimination of furrow whereas true fusion involves the fusion of separate processes