Head and Neck Development Flashcards
All vertebrates form ______, which are also called: branchial arches
All vertebrates form pharyngeal arches, which are also called: branchial (“of the gill”) arches
When do the pharyngeal arches appear? How do they develop?
Appear by 4th week
Develop sequentially from cranial to caudal
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Where are the pharyngeal arches positioned?
On either side of the developing pharynx
______ in the head and neck form the peripheral nervous system and melanocytes, same as in the trunk
Neural Crest Cells (NCCs) in the head and neck form the peripheral nervous system and melanocytes, same as in the trunk
Neural Crest Cells (NCCs) in the head and neck form the _______ and _______, same as in the trunk
Neural Crest Cells (NCCs) in the head and neck form the peripheral nervous system and melanocytes, same as in the trunk
In addition to forming the peripheral nervous system and the melanocytes, what else can neural crest cells in the head and neck form?
Connective tissue, including cartilage and bone
______ are expanded regions of tissue on either side of the pharynx
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pharyngeal arches are expanded regions of tissue on either side of the pharynx
The pharyngeal arches are filled with _______, mostly derived from ______
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The pharyngeal arches are filled with mesenchymal cells, mostly derived from neural crest
What are pharyngeal pouches?
Pockets of endoderm between the pharyngeal arches
Pharyngeal arches develop _____ over the 4th week
Pharyngeal arches develop craniocaudally over the 4th week
Which pharyngeal arch is never externally visible and will regress?
Arch 6
What are the two parts of pharyngeal arch 1?
- Maxillary prominence
- Mandibular prominence
The 6th arch starring role is _______, otherwise it is often lumped with arch ____
The 6th arch starring role is ductus arteriosus, otherwise it is often lumped with arch 4
What are the three elements of the Pharyngeal Apparatus?
- Pharyngeal arches
- mesenchymal swellings (mostly from neural crest)
- Pharyngeal pouches
- outpocketings in internal aspect of pharynx separating adjacent pharyngeal arches
- Endodermal
- Pharyngeal Clefts/Grooves
- external aspect separating adjacent arches
- Ectodermal
- external aspect separating adjacent arches
- Pharyngeal arches
- ________
- Pharyngeal pouches
- __________
- _______
- Pharyngeal Clefts/Grooves
- ___________
- Pharyngeal arches
- mesenchymal swellings (mostly from neural crest)
- Pharyngeal pouches
- outpocketings in internal aspect of pharynx separating adjacent pharyngeal arches
- Endodermal
- Pharyngeal Clefts/Grooves
- external aspect separating adjacent arches
- Ectodermal
- external aspect separating adjacent arches
What is the red circle in the image?
- Pharyngeal Membrane
- where endoderm and ectoderm meet
Each pharyngeal arch contains: (5)
- Mesenchyme
- Forms bones of viscerocranium (dermal bones)
- Mainly neural crest
- Cartilage
- Skeleton of arch
- Mainly neural crest
- Muscle
- Form muscles of face and neck
- paraxial mesoderm
- Nerve
- innervation to muscle and mucosa of arch
- cranial nerve for each arch
- innervation to muscle and mucosa of arch
- Arch Artery
- Blood supply of arch
Each pharyngeal arch contains:
- Mesenchyme
- Forms _________
- Mainly _______
- Cartilage
- _______
- Mainly ______
- Muscle
- Form ________
- ________
- Nerve
- innervation to _________
- _______ for each arch
- innervation to _________
- Arch Artery
- _______
- Mesenchyme
- Forms bones of viscerocranium (dermal bones)
- Mainly neural crest
- Cartilage
- Skeleton of arch
- Mainly neural crest
- Muscle
- Form muscles of face and neck
- paraxial mesoderm
- Nerve
- innervation to muscle and mucosa of arch
- cranial nerve for each arch
- innervation to muscle and mucosa of arch
- Arch Artery
- Blood supply of arch
_______ populate the arches
1st arch receives ______ and ________
other arches receive _______
neural crest cells populate the arches_______ populate the arches
1st arch receives midbrain and hindbrain neural crest
Other arches receive hindbrain neural crest
________ develops around 1st arch cartilage (called _______) in the _________ via _________ ossification
Mandible develops around 1st arch cartilage (called meckels cartilage) in the mandibular prominence (forms lower jaw) via intramembranous ossification (dermal bone)
Anterior portion of meckels cartilage will _______
Posterior portion will form the _______ and the _______
Anterior portion of meckels cartilage will degenerate
Posterior portion will form the sphenomandibular ligament and the malleus (ear ossicle)
meckels cartilage is the cartilage of the 1st arch
Maxillary cartilage forms ______
Maxillary cartilage forms incus
Where do the stapes and superior body+lesser cornu of hyoid bone develop from?
Proximal portion of Reichert’s cartilage (2nd arch)
The hyoid bone is formed from:
- 2nd Arch Cartilage (Reichert’s cartilage)
- Superior body
- Lesser cornu
- 3rd Arch
- Inferior body
- Greater cornu