Development of Orofacial Structures Flashcards
What is intramembranous ossification?
mesenchyme condenses –> osteoblasts –> osteocytes
*no cartilage in btw
*flat bones
what is endochondral ossification?
bone formation occurs in preexisting cartilagious models
long bones
primary ossification in diaphysis
What is the neurocranium?
bony case that encloses the brain
What is the viscerocranium?
bones comprising the facial skeleton
What is the cartilaginous neurocranium and its development?
endochondral ossification: several cartilages fuse –> base of cranium
occipital bone –> body of sphenoid –> ethmoid
temporal bone (petrous and mastoid parts)
What are the membranous parts of the neurocranium?
calvaria = frontal and parietal bones
(intramembranous ossification)
interconnected via sutures
What forms the cartilage of the cartilaginous neurocranium?
NCCs from midbrain
What are the structures derived from cartilaginous viscerocranium?
PA structures –>
ossicles
styloid process of temporal b
horns of hyoid
laryngeal cartilages (except epiglottis
What germ layer forms the cartilaginous viscerocranium?
NC from hindbrain
*except base of stapes = mesoderm
What is distinct about the squamous part of the temporal bone?
initially part of membranous viscerocranium –> becomes part of the neurocranium
What are the parts of the membranous viscerocranium?
squamous temporal b
maxillary b
zygomatic b
mandible (from cells of mandibular prominence, but NOT meckel’s cartilage)
What is craniosynostosis in general?
premature fusion of cranial sutures, often assoc w/ other skeletal defects
cause unclear
more common in boys
What is scaphocephaly?
premature closure of sagittal suture –> cranium becomes long, narrow, and wedge shaped
50% of cases of craniosynostosis
What is brachycephaly?
premature closure of coronal suture –> high, tower-like cranium
30% of cases of CSS
What is plagiocephaly?
early closure of coronal suture on one side –> cranium is twisted and asymmetric
What is trigonocephaly?
premature closure of the frontal (metopic) suture
deformities of frontal and orbital bones in addn to other anomalies
What do the medial nasal prominences form?
nasal septum
ethmoid bone
cribriform plate
What occurs to the face early in 4th week?
5 facial primordia appear as prominences around the stomodeum
2 MXP
2 MDP
1 FNP
What is the stomodeum?
early mouth hole
What is the oropharyngeal membrane?
bilaminar membrane over stomodeum that separates facial primordia from primordial pharynx
When does facial dev occur?
4-8 weeks
What types of germ cells are the active growth centers in the FNP, MXP, and MDPs?
NCC
from forebrain and midbrain in FNP
from midbrain and hindbrain in MXP and MDP
What are the first parts of the face to form and how does this occur?
lower jaw and lower lip
oropharyngeal membrane disintigrates –> extension and fusion of mandibular prominences at midline
*mandibular arch first to fuse*
What has occured to the face by the end of the 4th week?
nasal placodes form on inferolateral parts of FNP = thickenings of surface ectoderm that will form nasal epithelium
How do the NPs change during development?
placodal edges proliferate –> medial and lateral nasal prominences –> placodes turn into nasal pits