Pharyngeal Arch Development Flashcards
What structure do the neural crest cells form from?
Neural folds/dorsal neural tube
What occurs during the fourth week of embryonic development? (4)
Neural folds meet and fuse = neural tube
Embryo folds along both rostral-caudal and dorsal-ventral axis = bean shape
Anterior end of neural tube rapidly expands to form beginnings of forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain
Continued development of somites
What are rhombomeres?
Series of 8 bulges which make up the part of the neural tube which will form the hindbrain
What happens to the anterior end of the neural tube (4th week)?
Expands rapidly as forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain form
Hindbrain region develops rhombomeres
What happens to the mesoderm lateral to the expanding anterior neural tube?
Partially segments to form 7 somatomeres (rostrally, muscles of head and neck)
Fully segments to form somites (caudally, bones and muscles of back)
How do the neural crest cells get to their arches?
Delaminate from dorsal neural tube
Migrate along specific pathways into their specific branchial/pharyngeal arches
Where do the neural crest cells for the face and first branchial arch come from?
Midbrain and rhombomeres 1 and 2
What do the neural crest cells which populate the facial region give rise to?
Facial ectomesenchyme which will undergo complex morphogenesis to form the face
What are cranial neural crest cells required for in heart and artery development? (4)
Cardiac looping
Contraction of heart
Remodelling of aortic arches
Secondary heart field development
What structures in heart and artery development are populated by neural crest cells? (2)
Conotruncal septum
Parasympathetic post-ganglionic neurons
What is persistent truncus arteriosus?
No divide between pulmonary trunk and aorta
What is a double outlet right ventricle?
Aorta connects to right ventricle instead of left
What disorders can arise from poor neural crest cell function in heart and artery development? (4)
Persistent truncus arteriosus
Transposition of great vessels
Tricuspid stenosis
Double outlet right ventricle
What syndromes can arise from poor neural crest cell function in heart and artery development? (2)
Digeorge syndrome
Charge syndrome
What is the stomatodeum?
Primitive mouth - wide shallow depression in developing face
When does the stomatodeum form?
When the frontal prominence develops
Which branchial arch is called the mandibular arch?
First
What limits the stomatodeum?
Buccopharyngeal membrane
When do the pharyngeal arches and pouches appear?
4th and 5th weeks of development
What are branchial arches?
Bars of mesenchymal tissue lined by ectoderm on the outside and endoderm on the inside
Contain cartilage, nerve and artery
What separates different branchial arches?
Clefts (ectoderm)
Pouches (endoderm)
How many pharyngeal arches are there and how are they numbered?
5
1, 2, 3, 4, 6
What two structures do the branchial arches separate?
Stomatodeum and developing heart/cardiac bulge
What makes up the mesenchyme of the branchial arches?
Neural crest cells
Mesoderm
What do the tissues in the branchial arch mesenchyme generally give rise to? (2)
Neural crest cells - skeletal structures, ganglia, odontoblasts, connective tissues
Mesoderm - endothelium and striated muscle
Which nerve supplies the first branchial arch?
CNV trigeminal
Which nerve supplies the third branchial arch?
CNIX glossopharyngeal
Which nerve supplies the second branchial arch?
CNVII facial
What does the first pharyngeal arch give rise to? (3)
Bones of lower two-thirds of face (maxilla and mandible)
Meckel’s cartilage
Muscles of mastication
What is formed from the first pharyngeal arch and what are their positions related to the stomatodeum? (2)
Maxillary process/palatopterygoquadrate - dorsal and lateral to stomatodeum
Mandibular process - ventral and inferior to stomatodeum
What does the maxillary process give rise to? (4)
Structures of maxilla and palate:
- Maxillary bone
- Premaxillary bone
- Zygomatic bone
- Squamous part of temporal bone