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The relationship of the facial nerve and first branchial cleft anomalies — embryologic considerations
Author(s) -
Liston Stephen L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198211000-00017
Subject(s) - anatomy , facial nerve , medicine
A Type II first branchial cleft anomaly may lie superficial to, deep to, or between the branches of the facial nerve. The embryologic basis of this finding depends on the variable relationship between the migrating facial musculature, as it passes forward from the second branchial arch to the face, and the epithelial elements which persist in the region of fusion between the inferior portions of the mandibular and hyoid arches.