pharyngeal arch cartilage


pharyngeal arch cartilage

a cartilage bar in the mandibular arch that forms a temporary supporting structure in the embryonic mandible; the cartilagenous primordia of the malleus and incus develop from its proximal end, and it also gives rise to the sphenomandibular and anterior malleolar ligaments. Synonym(s): mandibular cartilage, Meckel cartilage (1)

pha·ryn·ge·al arch car·ti·lage

(făr-injē-ăl ahrch kahrti-lăj) A cartilage bar in the mandibular arch that forms a temporary supporting structure in the embryonic mandible.
Synonym(s): mandibular cartilage.