Exam 4: Development of the Face and Palate

A cleft may occur in the _______.

Epithelial cysts occasionally arise along the path of thyroid descent.

Each cranial nerve innervates the tongue,except one.Which is the exception?

List the components of the Waldeyer tonsillar ring.

The thyroid gland descends to the front of the trachea,attached to the tongue by the thyroglossal ________.

Bilateral nasal placodes appear in the seventh week of gestation.

A swelling that opens on the surface of the neck is called a thyroglossal _________.

Cleft palate will not occur without cleft lip.

The tongue's immovable base develops from the first branchial arch.

The second pharyngeal arch is also known as the __________ arch.

The heart begins pumping blood during which week of gestation?

Which significant change occurs in the fifth prenatal week?

Identity two examples of apoptosis in prenatal development.

Which muscle grows around the oral pit in the sixth prenatal week?

In the fifth week,the frontal process becomes known as the _______ process.

An opening of a nostril into the oral cavity is classified as an incomplete cleft lip.

White males develop a cleft lip more often than white females.

Which best defines the term nasal fin?

The _________ separates the oral and nasal cavities.

Cleft palate is the most common facial malformation.