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Ear Development
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Graduate
09/29/2011

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Term
What is the first part of the ear to develop?
Definition
inner ear
Term
What induces the growth of the otic placodes?
Definition
notocord and paraxial mesoderm
Term
The inner ear begins primordially as what?
Definition
Otic placodes
Term
Otic placodes invaginate into the mesenchyme to form what?
Definition
Otic pits
Term
What are the primordia of the membranous labryrinth?
Definition
Otic vesicles
Term
What are the two parts of the otic vesicle?
Definition
Dorsal utricular part
Ventral saccular part
Term
The dorsal utricular part of the otic vesicle becomes what?
Definition
small endolymphatic duct, utricle, and semicircular ducts
Term
The ventral saccular part of the otic vesicle becomes what?
Definition
saccule and cochlear duct (contains spiral organ of corti)
Term
What forms the semicircular ducts of the membranous labyrinth?
Definition
3 disc-like diverticula that grow out from utricular part of otic vesicle. These diverticula undergo apoptosis
Term
What are localized dilations at the end of each semicircular duct called?
Definition
ampulla
Term
What is the sensory organ for hearing?
Definition
Spiral organ of Corti
Term
Vestibular ganglion and spiral ganglion arise from what?
Definition
Ectoderm
Term
What in the inner ear develops first, the membranous or bony labryinth?
Definition
membranous
Term
How does the perilymphatic space form?
Definition
vacuoles in the capsule coalesce between membranous and bony labryinth
Term
Tubotympanic recess develops from what pouch?
Definition
first pharyngeal
Term
What two muscles arise from the middle ear?
Definition
tensor tympani and stapedius
Term
tensor tympani derives from what arch?
Definition
first
Term
stapedius derives from what arch?
Definition
second
Term
what does the external acoustic meatus develop from?
Definition
first pharyngeal groove
Term
What does the tympanic membrane derive from?
Definition
Ectoderm: 1st pharyngeal groove

Mesoderm: 1st and 2nd pharyngeal arches neural crest


Endoderm: tubotympanic recess first pharyngeal pouch
Term
The auricle develops from what?
Definition
auricle hillocks
Term
auricular hillocks are derived from what?
Definition
mesenchyme of first and second pharyngeal arches
Term
What is the last part of the auricle to develop?
Definition
lobule
Term
What is anotia?
Definition
Absence of auricle
Term
What is microtia?
Definition
small auricle
Term
What are auricular appendages?
Definition
extra ear tissue growing from auricular hillocks
Term
what are preauricular sinuses?
Definition
little pits along the auricle
Term
What is the significance of downslanted ears?
Definition
Typically indicative of the presence of congenital defects
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