Pharyngeal Arches, Pouches and Cysts Flashcards
When do the pharyngeal arches begin developing?
4th week
Most skeletal and connective tissues of head and neck are made of?
neural crest cells
How are the pharyngeal arches numbered?
cranial > caudal
Describe the pharyngeal system?
6 pairs of pharyngeal arches separated by endodermally lined pouches and ectodermally lined clefts (grooves)
> Four well-defined pairs visible externally
> Fifth and sixth rudimentary
Each pharyngeal arch consists of?
nerve
artery
cartilage
List the 3 components which make up the pharyngeal arches and what each component forms?
- ectoderm > pharyngeal grooves
- mesoderm > pharyngeal arches
- endoderm > pharyngeal pouches
How many pharyngeal arches develop in an embryo?
5
> 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6
Which pharyngeal arch does not give rise to any derivatives?
5
At what stage of development does the tongue develop?
4th week of intrauterine life
From which pharyngeal arch does the anterior two-thirds of the tongue develop?
1st pharyngeal arch
Which pharyngeal arches are responsible for the formation of the posterior third of the tongue?
3rd and 4th pharyngeal arches
What is derived from the first pharyngeal arch?
- Prominences
- maxilla & mandible bones
- zygomatic bone - Cartilage (meckel’s cartilage)
- malleus & incus
- anterior ligament of malleus
- sphenomandibular ligament - Muscles (of mastication)
- temporalis
- masseter
- pterygoids
- mylohyoid
- tensor tympani - Nerve
- Mandibular branch of CV 5 (Trigeminal nerve)
Which pharyngeal arches are responsible for the formation of the 3 bony ossicles of the ear?
- malleus + incus > pharyngeal arch I
- stapes > pharyngeal arch II
What is derived from the first pharyngeal pouch?
- Eustachian tube
- tympanic membrane
- Temporal bone
What is derived from the first pharyngeal groove?
Develops into the external acoustic meatus
> The remaining grooves disappear and form cervical sinus
> May form and abnormal lateral cervical cyst or fistula