Development of the Face Flashcards
What is the first evidence of the development of the face?
The appearance of the stomadaeum
What is the stomadaeum?
A depression in the ectoderm on the ventral aspect of the head
What is the stomadauem the site of?
The future mouth
How is the stomodeum seperated from the anterior end of the foregut?
By the buccopharyngeal membrane
Describe the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm arrangement at the buccopharyngeal membrane?
No mesoderm between ectoderm/endoderm
What form around the stomadauem?
Five folds (prominences/processes)
What are the prominences/processes that form around the stomadauem?
- Frontonasal prominence
- Maxillary prominences (2)
- Mandibular prominences (2)
Where does the frontonsal prominence form?
Superiorly, in the midline
What does the frontonasal prominence form?
- Forehead
- Bridge of nose
- Upper eyelids
- Centre of upper lip
Where are the maxillary prominences?
Laterally
What are the maxillary prominences derived from?
The 1st pharyngeal arch
What do the maxillary prominences form?
- Middle third of face
- Upper jaw
- Most of the lip
- Sides of the nose
Where are the mandibular prominences?
Inferolaterally
What are the mandibular prominences derived from?
The 1st pharyngeal arch
What do the mandibular prominences form?
- Lower 1/3 of the face
- Lower jaw
- Lip
What do the facial prominences consist of?
Mesenchyme with a covering of ectoderm
What will eventually happen to the facial prominences?
They will fuse together to complete the face
What results from the failure of fusion of the facial prominences?
Facial clefts and cleft lip
What is the first evidence of nose formation?
The apperance of bilateral ectodermal thickenings, the nasal placodes
Where do the nasal placodes first appear?
On the venterolateral aspect of the frontonasal prominence
What happens to the nasal placodes?
They invaginate to form the nasal pits
What is the entrance of each nasal pit?
The nostril
What forms around the entrance to each nostril?
A horse-shoe shaped ring
What are the ‘arms’ of the horseshoe around the nostril?
The medial and lateral nasal prominences
Where do the deepening nasal pits lie?
Dorsal to the stomodaeum
What seperates the nasal pits?
A thin sheet of cells, the oronasal membrane
What happens to the oronasal membrane?
It disappears, and the oral and nasal cavities become one continuous space
In what direction does the maxillary prominence grow?
Medially