Week 3 - Neuro Embryology Flashcards
primordia of head, neck, face, palate, nasal cavity
present by 4-5 wks
pharyngeal apparatus
arches, clefts, pouches, membranes - surrounds foregut, is source of mesenchyme that forms the head, neck, face, palate, nasal cavity
facial prominences
frontonasal, maxillary, mandibular
combine to form 1st pharyngeal arch
maxillary and mandibular prominence
frontonasal prominence
single anterior bulge where forebrain is developing, cranial neural tube overgrows the pharynx
pharyngeal arches
bulges 1-6 (no 5) - 5 pairs, bars of mesenchyme covered with ectoderm externally and endoderm internally, form around foregut, formed by folding of lateral plate mesoderm, have associated aortic arch, somite/somitomere mesoderm and neural crest cells and nerves migrate into arches
pharyngeal clefts
indents between pharyngeal arches, four pairs 1-4, ectoderm external surface
pharyngeal pouches
indents inside the gut tube, opposite pharyngeal clefts, pairs 1-4, endoderm internal surface
pharyngeal membrane
thin area of tissue that between pharyngeal clefts and pharyngeal pouches as development progresses, ectoderm externally, endoderm internally, mesenchyme between, membranes do not break down in humans but they do break down in fish
maxillary prominence
part of 1st pharyngeal arch
mandibular prominence
part of 1st pharyngeal arch - fuse during week 4 to form lower lip/jaw/face
oropharyngeal membrane
membrane that covers hole between maxillary and mandibular prominences where mouth would be
somites / somitomeres
mesoderm migrates from them into pharyngeal arches, becomes most muscles of the face and parts of the skulls, ex: eye muscles from somitomeres and tongue from occipital somites
neural crest cells
migrate into pharyngeal arches, form skeletal parts of the head and PNS ganglia in the head
elements in each pharyngeal arch
skeletal (bones, cartilage, ligaments of head), muscular (skeletal muscles of head), neural (cranial nerves), vascular (aortic arch arteries)
cranial nerve
neurons from brain and cranial ganglia grown into specific pharyngeal arches forming cranial nerves - each arch has a single cranial nerve
1st arch muscles
trigeminal nerve, V3 to muscles of mastication
2nd arch muscles
facial nerve to muscles of facial expression
3rd arch muscles
glossopharyngeal nerve to stylopharyngeus
4th arch muscles
vagus nerve to pharyngeal constrictors
6th arch muscles
vagus nerve to laryngeal muscles
1st pharyngeal arch
maxillary prominence becomes upper jaw (maxilla/zygomatic/squamous temporal bone - intermembranous), mandibular prominence becomes lower jaw, Meckel’s cartilage is replaced by mandible/malleus/incus/spine of sphenoid, muscles - temporalis/masseter/mylohyoid/ant belly digastric/tensor tympani/tensor veli palatini, nerve - trigeminal V3
2nd pharyngeal arch
Reichert’s cartilage is replaced by stapes/styloid process/stylohyoid ligament/lesser cornu of hyoid, muscles - facial expression/post belly digastric/stylohyoid/stapedius, bones of endochondral ossification
3rd pharyngeal arch
greater cornu of hyoid bone, glossopharyngeal nerve to stylopharyngeus
4th pharyngeal arch
thyroid and cricoid cartilage, nerve - superior laryngeal of vagus nerve, muscles - soft palate (except tensor veli palatini), pharynx, cricothyroid, cricopharyngeus, sensation about vocal cords
6th pharyngeal arch
thyroid and cricoid cartilage, nerve - recurrent laryngeal of vagus, intrinsic muscles of larynx (except cricothyroid), striated upper muscles of esophagus
all nerves of pharyngeal arches
are special visceral efferents
first pharyngeal pouch endothelial cells
auditory tube (epi lining), middle ear (epi lining), mastoid air cells
second pharyngeal pouch endothelial cells
palatine tonsils (epi component, no lymphatic)
third pharyngeal pouch endothelial cells
thymus, inferior parathyroid glands
fourth pharyngeal pouch endothelial cells
superior parathyroid glands, ultimobrachial bodies (thyroid)
thymus
from 3rd pharyngeal arch, migrates down behind sternum, capsule from neural crest cells, populated by thymocytes from hematopoetic stem cells, involutes in adolescence, still functional in adults
1st pharyngeal cleft
external auditory meatus (epi lining)
2nd, 3rd, 4th pharyngeal clefts
normally grown over by 2nd pharyngeal arch, leaving smooth surface and no gill slits - can create cervical sinus when covered which can lead to cervical cysts or fistulas
1st pharyngeal membrane
becomes tympanic membrane with three layers - ectoderm, mesosderm, endoderm
thyroid gland
forms from evagination of floor of pharynx between 1st and 2nd arches, remains connected to tongue via foramen cecum and thyroglossal duct, small piece of superior thyroid tissue called pyramidal lobe in 50% of pts, follicular cells from thyroid diverticulum and parafollicular cells from 4th pharyngeal pouch come together to form thyroid gland
tongue development
from floor of pharynx, involves arches 1-4, ant 2/3 = oral, post 1/3 = pharyngeal
ant 2/3 tongue (oral)
from 1st arch mesenchyme, distal tongue buds overgrow the median tongue bud and leave a median sulcus in the tongue
post 1/3 tongue (pharyngeal)
from 3rd arch mesenchyme, 3rd arch hypobrachial eminence overgrows the 2nd arch copula so the 2nd arch does not contribute to the tongue
terminal sulcus
boundary between 2/3 ant and 1/3 post tongue, where buccopharyngeal membrane used to be
epiglottis and extreme posterior tongue
from 4th arch mesenchyme
tongue muscles
from myoblasts that migrate from occipital myotomes with hypoglassal nerve that ends up innervating them
motor innervation of the tongue
all muscles but palatoglossus (vagus) supplied by hypoglossal nerve CN XII
sensory innervation of the tongue
ant 2/3 - lingual nerve V3 sensory and chorda tympani CN VII with lingual taste from 1st arch, post 1/3 - glossopharyngeal nerve CN IX taste and sensory from 3rd arch, extreme posterior tongue - internal laryngeal nerve CN X vagus from 4th arch
pituitary gland
evagination upward from roof of pharynx (endoderm) becomes gland and evegination downward from hypothalamus becomes infundibulum/neurohypophysis
general somatic efferent GSE
motor to skeletal muscles
general visceral efferent GVE
motor to heart, smooth muscle, glands, parasympathetic in cranial nerves
special visceral efferents SVE
motor to skeletal muscles that develop in pharyngeal arches (pharynx, larynx, middle ear)
general somatic afferents GSA
sensation of touch, pain, temp