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Pharyngeal arches
most typical feature in development of the head and neck is formed by the pharyngeal or branchial arches. These arches appear in the fourth and fifth weeks of development and contribute to the characteristic external appearance of the embryo. Initially, they consist of bars of mesenchymal tissue separated by deep clefts known as pharyngeal (branchial) clefts
Pharyngeal cleft
4 week embryo
Pharyngeal arch
Nasal placode
Simultaneously, with development of the arches and clefts, a number of outpocketings, the pharyngeal pouches, appear along the lateral walls of the pharyngeal gut, the most cranial part of the foregut. Pharyngeal arches not only contribute to formation of the neck, but also play an important role in formation of the face. .
Pharyngeal pouches as outpocketings of the foregut and the primordium of the thyroid gland and aortic arches
Six pharyngeal arches develop by thickening of the mesoderm on each side of the primitive pharynx. These arches are separated externally by grooves covered by ectoderm called pharyngeal cleft , and are separated internally by grooves covered by endoderm called pharyngeal pouches. The 5th pair of pharyngeal arches degenerates completely .
The following structures develop from the mesoderm of each arch of the remaining 5 pairs : 1) a bar of cartilage which may change to bone 2) striated muscles. 3) an aortic ( pharyngeal) arch artery. Each arch receives a nerve from the hindbrain ( pons and medulla oblongata)that supplies the muscles of the arch.
Arch
Striated muscles
Arch artery
Nerve
First arch
1) Muscles of Maxillary mastication . artery 2) Tensor palati. 3) Tensor tympani. 4) Mylohyoid . 5) Anterior belly of digastric.
Mandibular nerve
( trigeminal )
Arch
Second arch
Striated muscles
-Ms of face . -Occipitofrontalis muscle -Platysma -Post .belly of digastric. -Stylohyoid. -stapedius.
Arch artery
Stapedial artery
Nerve
Facial nerve.
Third arch
Stylo-pharyngeus.
Glossopharyngeal nerve.
Superior laryngeal nerve
Fourth arch
Cricothyroid
Sixth arch
Pharyngeal pouches
1- first pouch : gives rise to a diverticulum called tubotympanic recess that forms the mucous membrane of middle ear and auditory tube . Second pouch: Palatine tonsils. Third pouch : Most of thymus gland , inferior parathyroid gland . Fourth pouch : Superior parathyroid gland A small part of the thymus gland.
Pharyngeal pouches
Pharyngeal clefts
first cleft : It deepens to become the external auditory meatus . Its bottom forms the outer layer of the ear drum. 2nd , 3rd & 4th clefts : These clefts become buried by the 2nd pharyngeal arch , which grows inferiorly in the neck leaving a cervical sinus lined with ectoderm. Later on , cervical sinus becomes obliterated & the neck becomes smooth.
2- branchial (cervical ) cyst : Due to persistence of the cervical sinus . It lies usually below the angle of the jaw.
Patient with a lateral cervical cyst. These cysts are always on the lateral side of the neck in front of the sternocleidomastoid muscle