Lecture 10- Development of the face and nose Flashcards
- External human face develops between
4th and 6th week
- The palate begins to develop between the
6th and 8th week
the palate
- Distinction between the nasal and oral cavities
development of the fsace and nose complete by
12th week
There are two important tissue structures involved in development of the nose and face –
the pharyngeal arches and neural crest cells.
- Neural crest cells
- are a specialised cell lineage which originate from neuroectoderm.
- As the neural tube forms, cells from the lateral border of the neuroectoderm are displaced into mesoderm, and from there they migrate throughout the body to form various structures.
- Of relevance to the head and neck, these cells enter the pharyngeal arches to help contribute to their derivatives.
- the external face is derived from two sources
- frontonasal prominence
- 1st pharyngeal arch
- Mandibular and maxillary prominences

oropharangeal membrane
- Week 3- oropharyngeal membrane appears at the site of the future face- comprised of ectoderm and endoderm- externally and internally, respectively
- During week 4- this membrane begins to break down to become the future oral cavity
- A space lies between the maxillary prominences called the ……………..- precursor to mouth and pituitary gland
stomotodeum

Major facial features:
palpebral fissures, oral fissures, nares (nostril), philtrum

what does the frontal nasal prominence go on to form
- Forehead
- Nose
- Bridge of nose
- Philtrum

what do the maxiallary prominences go on to form
- Cheeks
- Lateral upper lip
- Lateral upper jaw

what does the mandibular prominence go onto form
- Lower lip and jaw

Development of the nose instigated by
the appearance of raised bumps called nasal placodes (thickening of ectoderm) on both sides of the frontal nasal prominence
nasal placodes invaginate to form
nasal pits, with medial and lateral nasal prominences on either side

how are the nasal promincnes pushed closer to the midline to form classic nose
- As the maxillary prominences expand medially, the nasal prominences are pushed closer to the midline
- the maxillary prominences then fuse with the medial nasl proninces
- nmedial nasla prominences then fuse int he mdiline

what sepatates the nasal and oral cavities
the formation of the palate
outline the formation of the definitive palate
- Fusion of medial nasal prominences creates the intermaxillary segment- forms the primary palate (anterior 1/3 of the definitive palate)
- Intermaxillary segment contributes to the:
- Labial component= philtrum
- Upper jaw= 4 incisors
- Palate: primary palate
- Main part of definitive palate is secondary palate
- Maxillary prominences expand medially downwards to give rise to palatal shelves
- At the same time the mandible expands to increase the size of the oral cavity- tongue can drop out of the way of the growing palatal shelves
- These fuse superior to the tongue
- Palatal shelves fuse in the horizontal plane,
- Nasal septum in vertical plane

cleft lip occurs when
- fusion of medial nasal prominence with maxillary prominence fails
- Cleft palate=
- palatal shelves from maxillary prominences fusing fails
- Can occur in isolation when the palatal shelves fail to fuse in the midline or in combination with cleft lip

cleft lip and palate summary slide

the external auditroy meatus develops from the
1st pharnagela arch

- Middle ear cavity and ossicles develops
from the 2nd pharyngeal pouch and cartilage of 1st and 2nd arches respectively
incus
malleus
stapes
- Auricles (visible part of the ear) develop from proliferation within the
1st and 2nd Ph arches surround the meatus







