Arches
Pouches/clefts
Eye
Tongue/thyroid
Clinical embryology
100

Artery of third arch forms which major vessel?

Common carotid artery

100

Cervical sinus is formed by persistence of which clefts

Second, third, and fourth clefts

100

Optic vesicle arises from which brain part

Diencephalon 

100

General sensation of anterior two-thirds supplied by which nerve

Lingual nerve

100

Embryological basis of ankyloglossia

Failure of adequate degeneration leads to persistence of an abnormally short frenulum → ankyloglossia.

200

Nerve of fourth arch

superior laryngeal nerve

200

Ultimobranchial body is derived from which pouch

Fourth pouch

200

Lens develops from?

Surface ectoderm

200

Pyramidal lobe remanent of ?

Thyroglossal duct

200

Embryological basis of coloboma

Failure of closure of choroidal fissure

300

Embryological origin of stapes

Second arch (Reicharts cartilage)

300

The parathyroid glands are derived from which germ layer

Endoderm

300

The double-layered optic cup forms in which week?

Fifth week

300

Thyroid follicular cells are derived from which germ layer

Endoderm

300

Mandibular hypoplasia, malformed pinna, conductive hearing loss due to ossicular defects.

Treacher Collins syndrome

400

Arch contributing to greater horn of hyoid

Third arch

400

Tympanic membrane has contribution from which pouch and cleft?

First pouch and first cleft

400

The hyaloid artery is a branch of which embryonic artery

Ophthalmic artery

400

Vallate papillae develop from which arch region

Third arch

400

Developmental basis of DiGeorge syndrome

Failure of development of third and fourth pouches

500

Right subclavian artery (proximal part) develops from which arch

Right fourth arch

500

First cleft anomaly may involve which gland

Parotid gland

500

Iris muscles are derived from which germ layer

Neuroectoderm

500

Thyroid primordium appears in which week

4th week

500

Epithelial origin of branchial fistula tract

Ectoderm and endoderm

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