Development of Orofacial Structures Flashcards
What is the cranium divided into?
Neurocranium and viscerocranium
What is the neurocranium?
Mesenchyme-derived
Gives rise to bones that enclose brain
What is the viscerocranium?
Mesenchyme-derived
Gives rise to bones that comprise facial skeleton
What are the cartilaginous and membranous parts of the nerocranium?
Cartilaginous - occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid, petrous/mastoid parts of temporal
Membranous - frontal, parietal
What are the cartilaginous and membranous parts of the viscerocranium?
Cartilaginous - NCC-derived bones from pharyngeal arches (ex malleus, incus, stapes, etc) and CT
Membranous parts - maxilla, squamous part temporal, zygomatic
What is craniosynostosis?
Premature fusion of cranial sutures
What is scaphocephaly?
Premature fusion of saggital suture. Long, narrow, wedge-shaped cranium
What is brachycephaly
Premature fusion of coronal suture. High, tower-like cranium
What is plagiocephaly?
Premature fusion of one side of coronal suture. Twisted and asymmetric head.
What is trigonocephaly?
Premature fusion of frontal suture
What are the 5 facial primordia?
2 maxillary prominences
2 mandibular prominences
1 frontonasal prominence
When do the facial primordia appear?
Week 4
What do the mandibular prominences give rise to?
Lower jaw and lower lip, they fuse together medially
What do the maxillary prominences give rise to?
Upper lip, maxilla, secondary palate. Grow medially and fuse together. Merge with mandibular prominences laterally. Invaded by mesenchyme from pharyngeal arch 2 to form facial muscles
What does the frontonasal prominence give rise to?
Forehead, back part of mouth, nose
How does the nose develop from the frontonasal prominence?
Nasal placodes (surface ectoderm) swell up. Nasal pit appears, divides lateral nasal prominence from mediallnasal prominence.
What happens to the median nasal prominences?
They shift toward midline, results in philtrum