Embryology Flashcards
How many pharyngeal arches are there?
5
How are the pharyngeal arches labeled?
1-4 and 6
How are the pharyngeal arches numbered?
1 most superior
6 most inerior
What separates pharyngeal arches from each other?
Clefts and pouches
Where are clefts found?
Ectoderm/outside
Where are pouches found?
Endoderm/inside
What forms the core of the pharyngeal arches?
Mesenchymal tissue
What runs in pharyngeal arches?
Cartilage
Blood vessels
Nerves
Neuronal crest- bone derived from here
What cranial nerves develop in the pharyngeal arches?
V, VII, IX and X
What develops from the 1st pharyngeal arch?
Maxilla Zygomatic Temporal bone Incus Malleus Mandible CNV Muscles of mastication
What develops from the 2nd pharyngeal arch?
Stapes Temporal bone (styloid process) Hyoid CNVII Muscles of mastication Stapedius
What develops from the 3rd pharyngeal arch?
Hyoid
Longitudinal pharyngeal muscle
CNIX
What develops from the 4th and 6th pharyngeal arches?
Laryngeal cartiallage
Pharyngeal constrictors
Cricothyroid
CNX
What does the 1st pharyngeal cleft become?
External auditory meatus
What does the 1st pharyngeal pouch become?
Middle ear
Tympanic membrane
Eustachian tubes