Pharyngeal Apparatus Flashcards
When do pharyngeal arches appear?
Week 4
Why do pharyngeal arches appear as pairs of bulges overlying the head and neck region?
Migration of neural crest cells
Four components of the pharyngeal apparatus
External: Grooves/clefts, arches
Internal: membranes and pouches
Outline the origin of mesenchyme for the following components of face and pharynx:
- Skeletal elements
- Muscle, dermis, endothelium, vertebrae
- Tongue
Skeletal elements: Neural crest cells
Muscle/dermis etc:
Paraxial mesoderm
Tongue:
Paraxial mesoderm of occipital somites
Pharyngeal arches are also known by what name
Branchial arches (Gill)
How many pairs of pharyngeal arches are there? How many are visible? When are they visible?
6 total pairs. 4 are visible; pairs 5 and 6 are rudimentary. The 4 are visible at the end of week 4.
What are pharyngeal arches 5 and 6 associated with?
Arch 5, if present, has no function and regresses.
Arch 6, in tandem with 4, is associated with the aortic arch, proximal pulmonary vessels and muscle lining of the esophagus, laryngeal muscles and layrngeal cartilages.
Pharyngeal arches are comprised of a layer of ___________ between 2 epithelia: _____________ & ____________
mesenchyme.
Surface ectoderm, pharyngeal endoderm.
Pharyngeal clefts are located between what structures? What are they made of?
Section of surface ectoderm between pharyngeal arches.
Pharyngeal pouches are adjacent to what external structure?
Clefts/grooves
An artery, nerve (cranial), cartilage, and muscle component are all housed in what Pharyngeal apparatus component?
Arch
What’s formed from cartilage from the 1st arch?
Maxillary Process (Zygomatic bone, vomer, inferior nasal conchae, maxilla).
Mandibular Process: (Mandible and squamous portion of temporal bone)
What does the dorsal portion of Meckel’s cartilage become?
Meckel’s cartilage - dorsal portion breaks off to form malleus and incus.
Where is Meckel’s cartilage located?
1st arch - mandibular process
Perichondrium from the middle portion of Meckel’s cartilage persists as:
Anterior ligament of malleus
Sphenomandibular ligament.
What part of Meckel’s cartilage doesn’t degenerate?
Dorsal portion
What cartilage is unique to 2nd arch cartilage?
Reichert’s cartilage
Reichert’s cartilage forms what two structures?
Styloid process
Stapes
Perichondrium from middle portion of Reichert’s cartilage persists as?
Stylohyoid ligament
The ventral portion of 2nd arch cartilage becomes what?
Lesser cornu of hyoid bone and upper body of hyoid bone.
What structures are derived from 3rd arch cartilage?
Greater cornu of hyoid bone + lower body of hyoid bone
Term for an elevation that develops on the floor of the pharynx of arches 3 and 4
Hypopharyngeal eminence
From what structure is the cartilage of the epiglottis derived?
Mesenchyme within the hypopharyngeal eminence.