Head and Neck Flashcards
2nd pharyngeal arch innervated by
CN VII
3rd pharyngeal arch innervated by
CN IX
4th pharyngeal arch innervated by
CN X
6th pharyngeal arch innervated by
CN X
1st pharyngeal arch muscles
Mastication
2nd pharyngeal arch muscles
Facial expression
1st cleft becomes
External auditory meatus
1st pouch becomes
Tubulotympanic recess
2nd pouch becomes
Palantine tonsils
3rd pouch becomes
Inferior parathyroid
Thymus
4 pouch becomes
Superior parathyroid
Ultimobranchial bodies
Function of parathyroid
Regulate calcium homeostasis
Function of thymus
Site of maturation of T lymphocytes
Function of ultimobranchial body
Gives rise to C cells
Cleft lip more common in
Boys
Cleft palate more common in
Girls
Cause of cleft lip
Medial nasal processes fail to fuse with the maxillary processes
Often accompanied by failure of the primary and secondary palate to fuse
Cause of cleft palate
Palatine shelves fail to fuse with each other
Cause of median cleft palate
Two medial nasal processes fail to merge properly
Microstomia
Small mouth
Microopthalamia
Small eyes
Microtia
Small ears
Anotia
No ears
Ankyloglossa
Tongue tie
Frenulum holds tongue down too tightly