Pharyngeal App Flashcards
Facial development occurs
simultaneously with mouth.
Week 4
Pharyngeal arches appear
Pharyngeal arches appear as pairs of
bulges overlying the head & neck regions due to migration of neural crest cells.
The pharyngeal apparatus is made of 4 components
arches and grooves/clefts externally, membranes and pouches internally
Components of pharyngeal apparatus give rise to structures of the
face, mouth, pharynx, larynx, and neck
Origin of the mesenchyme of the face and pharynx:
neural crest cells (for the skeletal elements)
•paraxial mesoderm (for striated muscle, dermis, endothelium of blood vessels, vertebrae)
• specifically, the paraxial mesoderm of the occipital somites to the tongue
Cranial region is the 1st part of the
neural plate to differentiate in the trilaminar embryo – beginning at 18 days – prior to 1st somite.
Mesenchyme
tissue made up of non-epithelial cells, no obvious polarity separated by extracellular matrix
What is the significance of the fact that neural crest cells provide the mesenchyme for the skeletal elements of the face?
Neural crest cells migrate and differentiate. Through such differentiation they make a major contribution to the development of the face and ear, and abnormalities are associated with abnormal neural crest cell migration.
Neural crest cells also provide the
mesenchymal components of the salivary, thyroid, parathyroid and thymus glands and type 1 cells of the carotid body, corneal epithelium of the eye and contributions to the developing heart (mesenchyme of the truncus arteriosus, cons cordis and endocardial cushions. May explain why congenital abnormalities of the face are sometimes associated with congenital heart defects.)
Pharyngeal app
Pharyngeal arches
Branchial arches
Exterior is
ectoderm. All groves and clefts – ectoderm.
Arch 5
does not give rise to any structures and regress rapidly
Arch 6
associated with aortic arch, proximal segments of pulmonary arteries and ductus arteriosus, intrinsic laryngeal muscles, skeletal m. of the esophagus, and laryngeal cartilages (this is together with arch 4 components.)
Consider 4 and 6 together
same innervation.
Frontonasal process
main process for facial development
Pharyngeal arches
also called branchial or visceral arches)
•condensations of mesenchyme in the anterior pharynx
Pharyngeal arches are comprised of a
layer of mesenchyme between 2 epithelia: surface ectoderm & pharyngeal endoderm
2 epithelia
surface ectoderm & pharyngeal endoderm
Pharyngeal clefts
depressions between the arches lined with ectoderm
•on the exterior of the pharynx
pharyngeal cleft – not = to clinical clefts which are actually a result of the failure of developing prominences to close or fuse properly
Pharyngeal pouches
outpouchings between the arches lined with endoderm
•on the interior of the pharynx
Pharynx derived structures include: face, palate, tongue, thyroid gland, pharynx, larynx, and external & middle ear components
mesoderm
derived from neural crest
Pouch and clefts come together with little to no tissue between them
membranes
The pharyngeal apparatus is made of 4 components
arches and grooves/clefts externally, membranes and pouches internally.
Each arch has an artery, nerve, cartilage, and muscle component.
Two distinct prominence of first arch
Maxillary prominance is top one.
Pouch lined with
endoderm
Each arch is lined externally by
ectoderm, internally by endoderm, and has a core of mesenchyme.
Within each arch:
Artery
- Cranial n.
- Muscle
- Cartilage
1 CN to each
arch
Cartilage from 1st arch forms a
maxillary process and a mandibular process
Maxillary process:
Maxillary bones (including inferior nasal conchae)
- Zygomatic bones
- Vomer
Mandibular process:
- Mandible
- Squamous portion of temporal bone
These are the cartilagenous components of first arch (and prior slide)
Mandibular process contains “
Meckel’s cartilage”. Dorsal portions of cartilage break off to form:
-Malleus
-Incus
(arch 1 is close to ear)
Perichondrium from middle portion of Meckel’s cartilage persists as:
Anterior ligament of malleus
-Sphenomandibular ligament
Meckel’s cartilage degenerates except for the
dorsal portion, which forms the malleus, incus, and two ligaments.
Meckel cartilage
correlates to rough location of mandibular canal. Inner ear, sphenomandibular lig also associated with first arch (maleus and incus).
Portion of 2nd arch cartilage
Reichert’s cartilage”, is close to developing ear.
Reichert’s cartilage Forms
Stapes 3rd ossicle
Styloid process
Perichondrium from middle portion of Reichert’s cartilage persists as:
Stylohyoid ligament