Pharyngeal Arches Mnemonic for Effective Learning
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Anatomy & Embryology | Medicine (MD/DO) School Study Aid
Pharyngeal Arch Derivatives: 1st Arch
- Cartilage
- Meckel's Cartilage
- Mandible
- Malleus
- Incus
- Sphenomandibular Ligament
- Muscles
- Muscles of Mastication
- Tensor Tympani
- Tensor Veli Palatini
- Anterior Belly of the Digastric
- Mylohyoid
- Nerves
- CN V2
- CN V3
- Conditions
- Treacher Collins Syndrome
3 mins
Pharyngeal Arch Derivatives: 2nd Arch
- Cartilage
- Reichert's Cartilage
- Stapes
- Styloid Process
- Lesser Horn of Hyoid
- Stylohyoid Ligament
- Muscles
- Muscles of Facial Expression
- Stapedius
- Stylohyoid
- Platysma
- Posterior Belly of Digastric
- Nerves
- CN VII
- Conditions
- Congenital Pharyngocutaneous Fistula
2 mins
Pharyngeal Arch Derivatives: 3rd Arch
- Cartilage
- Greater Horn of Hyoid
- Muscles
- Stylopharyngeus
- Nerves
- CN IX (Glossopharyngeal)
- Arteries
- Common Carotid
- Internal Carotid
1 min
Pharyngeal Arch Derivatives: 4-6 Arches
- Cartilage
- Thyroid
- Cricoid
- Arytenoids
- Corniculate
- Cuneiform
- Muscles
- 4th: Cricothyroid
- 4th: Pharyngeal Constrictors
- 6th: Intrinsic Muscles of Larynx
- Nerves
- 4th: CN X (Vagus Nerve)
- Superior Laryngeal Branch
- 6th: CN X (Vagus Nerve)
- Recurrent Laryngeal Branch
2 mins
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