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Head and Neck Embryology Flashcards

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What is a pharyngeal arch?

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Unique intermediate embryological structures with contributions from all 3 embryonic layers and the neural crest. These structures ultimately give rise to the pharyngeal clefts, pouches and membranes

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How many pharyngeal arches do humans have?

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5

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Pharyngeal arch 1

  • Nerve
  • Artery
  • Skeletal structures
  • Muscles
  • Ligaments
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Pharyngeal arch 2

  • Nerve
  • Artery
  • Skeletal structures
  • Muscles
  • Ligaments
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Pharyngeal Arch 3

  • Nerve
  • Artery
  • Skeletal structures
  • Muscles
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Pharyngeal Arch 4

  • Nerve
  • Artery
  • Skeletal structures
  • Muscles
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Pharyngeal Arch 6

  • Nerve
  • Artery
  • Skeletal structures
  • Muscles
  • Ligaments
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Explain what the arch, cleft, pouch and membrane are in this diagram.

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Pharyngeal clefts are derived from what germ layer?

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Ectoderm

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Pharyngeal pouches are derived from what germ layer?

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Endoderm

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Pharyngeal membrane is derived from what germ layer?

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Ectoderm and endoderm

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Only 1 of the clefts develops into a structure in the adult human. What does that cleft become?

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External auditory meatus

Associated membrane becomes tympanic membrane

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What is the fate of the following pouches between the pharyngeal arches?

  • Pouch 1
  • Pouch 2
  • Pouch 3
  • Pouch 4
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  • 1 - auditory tube, middle ear
  • 2 - crypts palatine tonsil
  • 3 - inferior parathyroid glands and thymus
  • 4 - superior parathyroid glands
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Micrognathia (micro jaw) arises from anamolous development of what part of the pharyngeal arch system?

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Arch 1

Abnormality often accompanied by small tongue development which can lead to glossoptosis and airway obstruction

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What is unique about the development of the tongue?

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Arise from invading cells (occipital myoblasts)

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Anterior tongue arises from arch […] and posterior tongue arises from arches […] and […]

17
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What drives the morphogenetic events involved in craniofacial development?

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Neural crest cells

18
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What are the posterior and anterior fontanelles?

What is their clinical relevance?

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Posterior - confluence of lambdoid and sagittal sutures

Anterior - confluence of sagittal, coronal, and frontal sutures

Early or delayed closure has implications for brain development

20
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What is treacher collins syndrome?

21
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The palate derives from what part of the pharyngeal arch system?

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Pouches 3 and 4

22
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What is DiGeorge Syndrome?

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