Template:Pharyngeal Arch table
From Embryology
| Arch | Nerve | Artery | Skeletal Structures | Muscles | Ligaments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (maxillary/mandibular) |
trigeminal (V) | part of maxillary artery (mainly lost) | mandible, maxilla, malleus, incus | muscles of mastication, mylohyoid, tensor tympanic, ant. belly digastric | ant lig of malleus, sphenomandibular ligament |
| 2 (hyoid) |
facial (VII) | stapedial arteries | stapes, styloid process, lesser cornu of hyoid, upper part of body of hyoid bone | muscles of facial expression, stapedius, stylohyoid, post. belly digastric | stylohyoid ligament |
| 3 | glossopharyngeal (IX) | common carotid arteries, internal carotid arteries | greater cornu of hyoid, lower part of body of hyoid bone | stylopharyngeus | |
| 4 | vagus (X) superior laryngeal branch | part of aortic arch (left), part right subclavian artery (right) | thyroid, cricoid, arytenoid, corniculate and cuneform cartilages | crycothyroid, soft palate levator veli palatini (not tensor veli palatini) | |
| 6 | vagus (X) recurrent laryngeal branch | part of left pulmonary artery (left), forms part of right pulmonary artery (right) | thyroid, cricoid, arytenoid, corniculate and cuneform cartilages | larynx intrinsic muscles (not cricothyroid muscle) |
