Embryo of Pharyngeal Apparatus Flashcards
What is part of the pharyngeal apparatus?
Pharyngeal Arches
Pouches
Grooves (clefts)
Membranes
What does the pharyngeal apparatus contribute to the formation of?
Nasal cavities Mouth Larynx Pharynx Neck
The Pharyngeal Arches develop early in the 4th week as _______ _______ _______ migrate into the future head and neck.
Neural Crest Cells
The 1st pair of pharyngeal arches, the _______ _______, appear lateral to the developing pharynx.
Primordial Jaws
What type of embryonic cells make up the pharyngeal arches?
Externally = Surface ectoderm Internally = Endoderm Core = Mesoderm and Mesenchyme
What is mesenchyme derived from?
Migratory Neural Crest Cells
What is head mesoderm derived from?
Forms from Paraxial Mesoderm
This component of the Pharyngeal Arches forms all CT in the head, including the dermis (integument) and smooth muscle.
NCC-derived Mesenchyme
This Pharyngeal Arch component populates each arch to form musculature.
Paraxial Mesoderm
This component of the Pharyngeal Arch consists of angioblasts that differentiate into endothelium.
Lateral Plate Mesoderm
This component of the Pharyngeal Arch makes up extra ocular musculature (i.e., Orbicularis Oculi).
Prechordal Plate Mesoderm
What does Pharyngeal endoderm do?
Plays essential role in regulating development of the arches
What are the main structures of the Pharyngeal Arches?
1) Cartilaginous rod – forms skeletal elements
2) Muscular component – becomes muscles in head/neck
3) Cranial nerves – with sensory and/or motor
4) Arch artery
Where does the Arch Artery arise from?
Truncus Arteriosus of the primordial heart
What is the cartilage of PA 1?
Meckel’s Cartilage
What will develop from Meckel’s Cartilage (PA 1)?
Malleus Incus Mandible Sphenomandibular L. Anterior L. of Malleolus
What is the cartilage of PA 2?
Riechert’s Cartilage
What will develop from Riechert’s Cartilage (PA 2)?
Stapes
Styloid Process of Temporal bone
Stylohyoid L.
Lesser Cornu of Hyoid bone
What will develop from the PA 3 cartilage?
Greater Cornu of Hyoid bone
The body of the Hyoid bone is formed by the __________ __________. This is a prominence in the floor of the embryonic pharynx from PA 3 and PA 4.
Hypopharyngeal Eminence
What will develop from the PA 4 and PA 6 cartilages?
Laryngeal Cartilages (both) Epiglottis (PA 4 only)
What are the muscular components of the Pharyngeal Arches derived from?
Paraxial Mesoderm Prechordal Plate (extraocular muscles)
What muscular components come from PA 1?
ChewOnThat
Muscles of Mastication
What muscular components come from PA 2?
SmileAndSayCheese
Stapedius M.
Muscles of Facial Expression
What muscular components come from PA 3?
ElevateAndDilate
Stylopharyngeus M.
What muscular components come from PA 4?
PushItPushItRealGood
Cricothyroid M.
Levator Veli Palatini M.
Pharyngeal Constrictors
What muscular components come from PA 6?
SoundOff
Intrinsic muscles of the Larynx
What cranial nerves innervate the Pharyngeal Arches?
PA 1 – CN V
PA 2 – CN VII
PA 3 – CN IX
PA 4/6 – CN X
This PA nerve supplies the first arch. It is the principal sensory nerve of the head and neck, and motor nerve for muscles of mastication.
CN V – Trigeminal
***Only branches V2 and V3
This PA nerve supplies the second arch. It innervates the muscles of facial expression.
CN VII – Facial
This PA nerve supplies the third arch. It innervates the Stylopharyngeus muscle.
CN IX – Glossopharyngeal
This PA nerve supplies 4th/6th arches.
CN X – Vagus
For PA 4/6, what specific branches of CN X innervate them?
4 - Superior Laryngeal N. (branch of CN X)
6 - Recurrent Laryngeal N. (branch of CN X)
Arteries arising from 1st-3rd aortic arch arteries are (BILATERAL/ASYMMETRICAL), while 4th and 6th are (BILATERAL/ASYMMETRICAL).
Bilateral
Asymmetrical
The aortic arch artery system initially consists of 5 pairs of arteries that arise from the _______ ______, which is a basket-like structure arising from the dorsal aorta. They are remodeled into great arteries of the thorax, head, and neck.
Aortic Sac
Externally, these are located between each Pharyngeal Arch and are covered with surface ectoderm.
Pharyngeal Grooves
Pharyngeal endoderm lines the pharynx internally, creating ________ _______ between each arch.
Pharyngeal Pouches
What arises from the 1st PA groove?
External Acoustic Meatus
What happens to grooves 2-4?
They are in the Cervical Sinus and will go away.
***Not worried about them for test.
There are five pairs of Pharyngeal Pouches that develop in a craniocaudal sequence between the arches. The 1st pair lies between which arches?
1st and 2nd Pharyngeal Arches
T/F. Birth defects of the 1st groove are common.
False. Birth defects of the 2nd groove are common.
These can be caused by remnants of the Cervical Sinus and/or the 2nd Groove. They persist and form a slowly enlarging, painless, free-lying cyst in the neck, inferior to the angle of the mandible.
Cervical Cysts
***Least problematic – Not closed internally
What causes Cervical Cysts?
Accumulation of fluid and cellular debris derived from desquamation of their epithelial linings.
This is caused by a failure of the 2nd PA groove and Cervical Sinus to obliterate. It is detected due to a discharge of mucous and is typically bilateral and commonly associated with auricular sinuses.
Cervical Sinus
This is an abnormal canal that opens into the Tonsillar Sinus and externally in the side of the neck. It is caused by the persistence of parts of the 2nd Groove and Pouch.
Cervical Fistula
***Can pass through branches of Carotid arteries
These form where the pharyngeal pouch endoderm contacts the ectoderm of the pharyngeal grooves.
Pharyngeal Membranes
Pharyngeal Membranes are quickly infiltrated by…
Mesenchyme
The 1st Pharyngeal Membrane and the intervening mesenchyme form the…
Tympanic Membrane
***All other membranes get obliterated (Not worried about them for test)
What develops from the 1st Pharyngeal Pouch?
Tympanic Cavity
Mastoid Antrum
Pharyngotympanic Tube (Eustachian Tube)
What develops from the 2nd Pharyngeal Pouch?
Tonsillar Sinus Tonsillar Epithelium (from endoderm) Lymphoid Nodules (from mesenchyme)
What develops from the 3rd Pharyngeal Pouch?
Inferior Parathyroid Gland
Thymus
What is special about the migration of the things developed from the 3rd Pharyngeal Pouch?
They migrate south, due to growth of brain and cardiac regions. This is why the Inferior Parathyroid Gland develops ABOVE the Superior Parathyroid Gland. It will eventually migrate below it.
What develops from the 4th Pharyngeal Pouch?
Superior Parathyroid Gland
Ultimobranchial Body
What does the Ultimobranchial Body (from 4th pouch) fuse with and give rise to?
Fuses with Thyroid Gland to give rise to Parafollicular Cells
The Thymic Primordium develops from PA 3 endoderm, comprised of ________ ________.
Epithelial Cords
Epithelial Cords have 3 functions, which are…
1) Grow into surrounding mesenchyme – Thymic Lobules
2) Become arranged around a central point – forming Thymic Corpuscles
3) Form an epithelial reticulum for housing lymphocytes
This is not an arch derivative, and is the first endocrine gland to develop.
Thyroid Primordium (becomes Thyroid Gland)
This forms from a median endodermal thickening in the floor of the primordial pharynx.
Thyroid Gland
In Thyroid Gland development, it descends in the neck with ________ growth and passes ventral to the developing ________ bone and laryngeal cartilages.
Tongue
Hyoid
In Thyroid Gland development, it is connected to the tongue by a narrow tube called the…
Thyroglossal Duct
The Thyroglossal Duct (between tongue and thyroid gland) will eventually disintegrate, and the remainder of the duct is called the…
Foramen Cecum
This results from the insufficient migration of NCC into the 1st arch during the 4th week, making the arch have abnormal development. It causes malformation of the eyes, ears, mandible, and palate.
First Pharyngeal Arch Syndrome
This is another disease caused by defects in the 1st arch. It presents with malar hypoplasia with down-slanting palpebral fissures, defects of lower eyelids, deformed external ears, and sometimes middle and internal ears. It is Autosomal dominant.
Treacher-Collins Syndrome (mandibulofacial dysostosis)
Explain how Treacher-Collins Syndrome is caused.
There is a mutation in the TCOF1 gene (Treacher Collins-Franceschetti Syndrome 1), which encodes for the protein TREACLE. This protein is important for ribosome biogenesis. The protein is truncated and this leads to increased apoptosis of cranial NCC.
This is another disease caused by defects in the 1st arch. It typically occurs de novo in most patients, and is associated with hypoplasia of the mandible, cleft palate, and defects of the eyes and ears. Problems with NCC migration.
Pierre Robin Sequence
In Pierre Robin Sequence, the initiating defect is a small mandible (micrognathia). This results in posterior displacement of the ________, which causes obstruction of full closure of the palate. This results in bilateral _______ _______.
Tongue
Cleft Palate
This is the absence of a thyroid gland or one of its lobes (rare).
Agenesis of Thyroid Gland
This is the unilateral failure of thyroid gland formation. The left lobe is more commonly absent. Mutations in the receptor for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) are likely involved.
Thyroid Hemiagenesis
This disease is caused from a chromosomal deletion. There is a breakdown of signaling from pharyngeal arch endoderm to NCC. Results in agenesis of thymus and parathyroid glands, as well as congenital hypoparathyroidism.
DiGeorge Syndrome
What disease is being described?
- Shortened philtrum of upper lip
- Low-set and notched ears
- Nasal Clefts
- Thyroid Hypoplasia
- Cardiac abnormalities (defects of aortic arch and heart)
- Congenital Hypoparathyroidism
DiGeorge Syndrome