The Pharyngeal Arches
Write a short note on pharyngeal apparatus.
Answer.
The pharyngeal apparatus consists of the following components:
- Five pharyngeal arches
- Four pharyngeal pouches
- Four pharyngeal clefts
- Four pharyngeal membranes

All these components develop in the lateral wall of the primitive pharynx caudal to the primitive mouth/stomodeum.
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