Embryology 1 Flashcards
What does the face look like in week 4?
No face- no distinguishing external features
What is the Head and neck like in the 4th week?
1/2 of the length of the embryo
What do the pharyngeal arches become?
Brain, CVS and special sensory organs
What do the arches mean by segmental development?
Each arch has its own neurovascular plan and develops its own muscles and skeletal elements
Where is the gut tube made?
Pharynx
What is te gut tube made of?
Endoderm
What are pharyngeal arches?
System of mesenchmyal proliferations in the neck region of the embryo
How many pharyngeal arches are there?
5 in total
numbered 1-6
5 is not in humans
What cranial nerve is associated with the 1st arch?
Trigeminal nerve
What does arch 1 become?
pharyngeal
Muscles of mastication, Digastic and mylohyoid
Meckels cartilage- mandible, malleus and incus
What is arch 1 sensory become?
pharyngeal
Skin og the face and lining of the mouth and nose
part of tongue
What nerve is associated with Arch 2?
pharyngeal
Facial
What does Arch 2 become?
pharyngeal
Muscles of facial expression
Reicherts cartilage- stapes, upper body of hyoid and lesser horn, styloid process and stylohoid ligament
What is arch 2 sensory?
Pharyngeal
part of the tongue
What nerve is associated with arch 3?
Pharyngeal
Glossopharyngeal
What does the 3rd arch become?
Pharyngeal
Stylopharyngeus
lower body of hyoid and greater horn
What is the sensory of the 3rd arch?
Pharyngeal
part of the Tongue
What is the associated nerve with the 4th arch?
Pharyngeal
Vagus- superior laryngeal branch
What does the 4th arch become?
Pharyngeal
Pharyngeal muscles, cricothyroid
Thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage
What is the nerve associated with the 6th arch?
Pharyngeal
Vagus
recurrent laryngeal branch
What does the 6th arch become?
Pharyngeal
Intrinsic muscles of the larynx
Arytenoid cartilage