Development of the Head and Neck Flashcards
Occipital sclerotomes form the upper half of the ____ and the rest fuse to form the occipital bone
atlas
occipital myotomes will form the muscles of the ____
tongue
The nerves of the occipital somites fuse, become entrapped in the occipital bone and innervate the muscles of the tongue as the ____ nerve
hypoglossal
Sclerotomes in the cervical region form cervical vertebrae and the bottom half of the atlas. Myotomes in this region form the muscles of the neck. True or false?
true
The nerves of the cervical somites innervate the neck muscles via _____ ____ nerves
cervical spinal
Most typical features in development of head and neck are formed by _____ arches.
pharyngeal
The following description is of what pharyngeal arch:
muscle: muscles of mastication, mylohyoid, anterior belly of digastric, tensor tympani, tensor palatini
bone: premaxilla, maxilla, zygomatic bone, part of temporal bone, mandible, malleus, incus
ligament: anterior ligament of malleus, sphenomandibular
nerve: V2 and V3 of trigeminal
1st (Mandibular) arch
The following description is of what pharyngeal arch:
muscles: muscles of facial expression, sylohyoid, posterior belly of digastric, stapedius
bone: stapes, stylohyoid process of temporal bone, lesser horn of hyoid, upper part of body of hyoid
ligament: stylohyoid
nerve: facial
2nd (hyoid) arch
The following description is of what pharyngeal arch:
muscle: stylopharyngeus
bone: greater horn of hyoid, lower part of body of hyoid
nerve: glossopharyngeal
3rd arch
What muscles do the 4th and 6th pharyngeal arches form?
4th: cricothryoid, levator palatine, constrictors of pharynx
6th: intrinsic muscles of larynx
What nerve do the 4th and 6th pharyngeal arches form?
vagus
4th: superior laryngeal branch
6th: recurrent laryngeal branch
The ____ ____ lining of the pharyngeal pouches gives rise to a number of important organs
epithelial endodermal
The first pharyngeal pouch, forms a diverticulum which comes in contact with epithelial lining of the first pharyngeal cleft, the ____ _____ meatus
external auditory
note: expands to form middle ear tympanic cavity and auditory tube
The second pharyngeal pouch forms what?
palatine tonsils
The dorsal wing of the third pharyngeal pouch differentiates into the ____ ____ gland. The ventral wing differentiates into the ____.
inferior parathyroid; thymus
The dorsal wing of the fourth pharyngeal pouch becomes the ____ ____ gland. The ventral wing gives rise to the ______ body.
superior parathyroid; ultimobranchial
What is the function of the ultimobranchial body?
is incorporated into the thyroid gland and secretes calcitonin