Hearing - Middle Ear Development
From Embryology
Introduction
The middle ear ossicles (bones) are derived from 1st and 2nd arch mesenchyme. The space in which these bones sit is derived from the 1st pharyngeal pouch.
Tympanic Cavity
- derived from first pharyngeal pouch
- extends as tubotympanic recess - during week 5 recess contacts outer ear canal
- mesoderm between 2 canals forms tympanic membrane
- expands to form tympanic recess
- stalk of recess forms auditory tube(eustachian tube, pharyngotympanic tube)
Ossicles
- develop from first and second pharyngeal arches
- tympanic cavity enlarges to incorporate
- coats with epithelia
- first arch mesoderm
- tensor tympani muscle
- malleus and incus
- second arch mesoderm
- stapedius muscle and stapes
Middle Ear Genes - gooscoid, RARs, Prx1, Otx2, Hoxa1, Hoxb1, endothelian related molecules
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- Neuroscience Neuroscience - The Middle Ear
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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, June 14) Embryology Hearing - Middle Ear Development. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Hearing_-_Middle_Ear_Development
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