The third branchial arch contributes to the development of the hyoid bone, stylopharyngeus muscle, inferior parathyroid gland, and thymus. [ ]
Synonyms: third pharyngeal arch 3rd pharyngeal arch gill arch 1 third visceral arch visceral arch 3 first gill arch
Term information
- VHOG:0000298
- EMAPA:16399
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/308769006
- ZFA:0001606
- FMA:293029
- AAO:0010365
- EHDAA2:0000069
- EHDAA:1080
- XAO:0000447
- TAO:0001598
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
The most anterior, or first, pharygeal/branchial arch, composed of the mandibular process, forming the posterior border of the stomodeum, and the maxillary process anterior to the stomodeum, contains the first aortic arch.[AAO]
A conserved feature of all vertebrate embryos is the presence of a series of bulges on the lateral surface of the head, the pharyngeal arches; it is within these structures that the nerves, muscles and skeletal components of the pharyngeal apparatus are laid down. The pharyngeal arches are separated by endodermal outpocketings, the pharyngeal pouches.[well established][VHOG]