first pharyngeal arch

first pharyngeal arch
the first of the pharyngeal arches in the human embryo, later differentiating into the sphenomandibular and anterior malleolar ligaments, malleus, and incus; it also gives rise to two prominences (the maxillary and mandibular prominences), from which the maxilla and mandible develop. Called also mandibular a.

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