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Pharyngeal Arches Flashcards

1
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What is meckels cartilage also known as?

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Cartilage of PA 1

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2
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What 3 things does meckels cartilage form?

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  1. ) Malleus & incus
  2. ) Anterior ligament of malleus
  3. ) Sphenomandibular ligament
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3
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The cartilage of PA 2 is also known as?

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Reichert Cartilage

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4
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What is formed from Reichert cartilage?

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  1. ) Stapes
  2. ) Styloid process of the temporal bone
  3. ) Lesser horn of the hyoid bone
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5
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The cartilage of PA 3 forms what?

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  1. ) Body of the hyoid bone
  2. ) Greater horn of the hyoid bone
  3. ) Thyroid cartilage
  4. ) Cricoid cartilage
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6
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The body of the hyoid bone is formed from?

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The hypo pharyngeal eminence

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7
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The 4th and 6th cartilages form what?

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The laryngeal cartilage

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8
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The first arch forms what muscles? What nerve?

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The muscles of mastication. CN V

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9
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The second arch forms what muscles? What nerve?

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The facial muscles. CN VII

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10
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The third arch forms what muscles? What nerve?

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Stylopharyngeus m. CN IX

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11
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The fourth arch forms what muscles? What nerve?

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Cricothyroid, levator veli palatini, and constrictors of the pharynx. CN X

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12
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The sixth arch forms what muscles? What nerve?

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Intrinsic muscles of the larynx. CN X

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13
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Each pharyngeal arch is supplied by what nervous structure?

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Its own CN

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14
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What are special visceral efferents?

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Supply muscles derived from the arches

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15
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What are special visceral afferents?

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Supply dermis and mucous membranes of the head and neck

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16
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The trigeminal nerve supplies which arch?

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The first arch

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17
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The facial nerve supplies which arch?

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The second arch

18
Q

The glossopharyngeal nerve supplies which arch?

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The third arch. Stylopharyngeus m.

19
Q

The vagus nerve supplies which arches?

A

Arches 4-6.

20
Q

Aortic arch system initially consists of?

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5 pairs of arteries that arise from the aortic sac

21
Q

The primordial pharynx is derived from what?

A

Foregut

22
Q

What are the pharyngeal pouches?

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5 pairs of pouches

23
Q

What do pharyngeal membranes do?

A

Separate pharyngeal pouches from pharyngeal grooves

24
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What does the first pharyngeal membrane become?

A

The tympanic membrane

25
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In general, what does the first pharyngeal pouch become?

A

Auditory structures

26
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Specifically, what does the first pharyngeal pouch become?

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  1. ) Part of the TM
  2. ) The pharyngotympanic tube
  3. ) Tubotympanic recess -> tympanic cavity and mastoid antrum
27
Q

In general, what does pharyngeal pouch 2 form?

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Tonsils, tonsil crypts, lymphatic tissue

28
Q

What does the 3rd pharyngeal pouch form?

A

The inferior parathyroid gland and thymus

29
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What does the 4th pharyngeal pouch form?

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The superior parathyroid gland

30
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The first pair of pharyngeal grooves becomes what?

A

The external auditory meatus

31
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What do pharyngeal grooves 2-4 lie in?

A

The cervical sinus

32
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What are cervical (branchial) cysts?

A

Remnants of the cervical sinus

33
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The thyroid gland forms from what?

A

The thyroid primordium

34
Q

The thyroid gland is connected to the tongue via what structure?

A

The thyroglossal duct

35
Q

The ultimo pharyngeal body forms what?

A

Parafollicular cells

36
Q

First arch syndrome is characterized by what phenotypically?

A

Malformation of eyes, ears, mandible, and palate

37
Q

Treacher-Collins syndrome is characterized as what?

A

deformed external ears, lower eyelids, and sometimes inner ears

38
Q

Pierre robin sequence is associated with what?

A

hypoplasia of the mandible, cleft palate, and eyes/ears

39
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What is thyroid hemiagenesis?

A

unilateral failure of thyroid formation

40
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What is DiGeorge syndrome?

A

Agenesis of thymus and parathyroid glands

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