Lecture 7: Embryo Of Orofacial Structures Flashcards
Neural crest cells going to the first pharyngeal arch are from what regions of the body?
Midbrain and hindbrain
Neural crest cells that migrate to the frontal nasal prominence are from what regions of the body?
Forebrain and midbrain
What structures are part of the neurocranium versus that viscerocranium?
Neurocranium = brain case -> anything surrounding the brain
Viscerocranium = face, jaw and larynx
What structures of the neurocranium undergo endochondral ossification?
Occipital bone
Body of sphenoid
Ethmoid bone
Petrous and mastoid parts of temporal bone
ANything weight bearing
What structures of the viscerocranium undergo endochondral ossification?
Ossicles of the ear
What structures of the neurocranium undergo intramembranous ossification?
Flat bones of the skull
What structures of the viscerocranium undergo intramembranous ossification?
Squamous temporal
Maxillary
Zygomatic
What is plagiocephaly?
Premature closure of the coronal and lambdoid sutures
What is oxycephaly or brachycephaly?
Premature closure of the coronal sutures -> causes a prominent forehead
What is scaphocephaly?
Premature closure of sagittal suture -> causes elongated head anterior to posterior
What are the 5 facial primordia?
Frontonasal prominence
Paired maxillary prominence
Paired mandibular prominence
What are the 4 steps of forming the face?
1) growth and migration of maxillary, mandibular, and frontonasal prominences
2) differentiation of frontonasal prominence
3) Migration of nasal prominences to midline
4) Fusion of medial nasal prominences with eachother and fusion of medial and lateral nasal prominences with maxillary prominence
What does the maxillary prominence give rise to?
Sides of face
Lateral palatal shelves
Upper lip
What does the frontonasal prominence give rise to?
Lateral nasal prominence
Medial nasal prominence
What does the medial nasal prominence give rise to?
Intermaxillary segment and nasal septum
What does the intermaxillary segment give rise to?
Philtrum of lip
Primary palate
What are the characteristics of frontonasal dysplasia?
Hypertelorism
Widow’s peak
Cranium bifidum occultum (cleft skull)
Median cleft of the upper lip and palate
What is the embryologic mechanism to account for frontonasal dysplasia?
Lack of migration and fusion of the medial nasal prominences which come from the frontal nasal prominence so it could be a problem with either of these
What embryologic defect accounts for a midline upper cleft lift
Problem with intermaxillary segment which came from medial nasal prominence which came from frontal nasal prominence -> problem with medial nasal prominence fusing specifically
What embryological defect accounts for a midline lower cleft lip?
Mandibular prominence didnt completely fuse
What embryological defect accounts for a bilateral upper cleft lip?
Maxillary prominence didnt fuse with intermaxillary segment and maxillary didnt fuse with lateral nasalprominence (no lacrimal duct)
What embryological defect accounts for an abnormally wide mouth?
Maxillary prominence didnt fuse enough with the mandibular prominence
What embryological defect accounts for an abnormally narrow mouth?
Over fusion of maxillary and mandibular prominences
What embryological defect accounts for a single nostril?
Over fusion of medial nasal prominence
What embryological defect accounts for abnormally spaced nostrils?
Medial nasal prominences didnt fuse
When does the palate form and when is the critical developmental period for this?
Forms between weeks 6-12 and the critical period is weeks 6-9 (when something is most likely to happen)
What does the secondary palate give rise to?
Most of hard palate and all of soft palate
What is the secondary palate derived from?
Maxillary prominence (neural crest cells) gives rise to lateral palatine processes which grow toward midline and fuse after the tongue drops
What is the nasal septum derived from?
Medial nasal prominence -> down growth from roof of nasal cavity followed by fusion with lateral processes
What is the primary palate derived from?
Intermaxillary segment
What is the incisive papilla (foramen) of the palate?
Where the primary and arterial palatal processes meet -> once this occurs, the hard palate has formed entirely
What embryological defect accounts for a unilateral cleft palate?
Lateral palatal processes failed to fuse together and to the nasal septum