visceral arches
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EVOLUTIONOFVISCERALARCHES
INTRODUCTIONVisceral arches are pieces of cartilage or bone that support thepharyngealregionofvertebratesandalsohelptoattachthejawswiththeskull.Therearetypically7pairsofvisceralarchesinvertebrateswhichmodifiedindifferentgroupsdependinguponthepresenceofgillsandtypeofjawsuspension.Visceralarchesarenumbered1-7,thefirstarchisknownasmandibulararchhavingtwocartilaginouspiecescalledpterygoquadrateandmackel’scartilage.Second visceral arch ,called hyoid arch,consists of hymandibular,ceratohylandbasihylFrom3rdto7thvisceralarchesarecalledbranchialarches,
Since they support gills and typically consists of 4 pieces ofcartilages,namely,pharyngobranchial,epibranchial,certobranchial,andhypobranchial.
Cyclostomes
There is no resemblance with typical pattern but cyclostomes possess asplanchocranium in which usual cartilages are not identifiable.thge wholepharyngealskeltonfusestoformabranchialbaskettosupportgills.
ElasmobranchsTheycontainfullsetofvisceralarchesandthreeunpairedbranchialcartilagescalledbasibranchials.thearrangement isclosetobasicpatternastheyhave5pairsoffunctionalgillsandskeletonisallcartilaginous
BonyfishesMackel’s cartilage forms articular and becomes part of the lower jaw,hyoidarchismodifiedforthemovementofoperculumandfunctioningofthelowerjaw.Symplectic helps jaw suspension .last branchial arch shows sign ofdegenerationasthenumberofgillsisreducedto4pairs
AmphibianLatrvalfrogshave6visceralarchesandlast3beargills.inurodeleshavinggillsthird,fourth and fifth epibranchial support gillswhile their basibranchials andceratobranchialarereducedtotwopairs,hyomandibularmodifiesascolumellaof the middle ear cavity in frogs and toads. The air breathing hyobranchialapparatus of frog and toads ismadeby the fusionof 2nd ,3rd and 4th visceralarches.
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Reptiles
Quadrate and epipterygoid bones of the skull are modifications ofpterygoquadrate ,and articular of the lower jaw is a modified mackel’scartilage.Hyoid arch forms a small hyoid plate that also extends forwardsupportthetongue.oneoftwoceratobranchialsmayformtheposteriorcornuofthehypoidplate
BirdsModificationissimilartoreptilesexceptthatthereisonlyonecornuofhyoid
plateismodifiedfromthethirdvisceralarche.Mammals
Pterygoquadratebreaksintoalisphenoidandincus,theformerbecomespartof skull and latter joins the ear ossicles . Mackel’s cartilage modifies intomalleus and hyomandibular into stapes of the middle ear cavity .Larynx ofmammalsevolvedfromtheforthandfifthvisceralarches.Thyroidcartilageisamodificationof4thand5thvisceralarcheswhilearytenoidandcricoidcartilagesaremodifiedfifthvisceralarch