| 1st Arch | 2nd arch | 3rd arch | 4th Arch | 6th Arch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | -a Massive list of M’s | –Second for Smiles | -think Glossopharyngeal nerve | -Swallowing + The exceptions to the 6th arch below | -Speaking (Laryngeal) |
| Nerve | –Maxillary and Mandibular nerves | –Seventh nerve (facial nerve) | –Glossopharyngeal nerve | -Superior Laryngeal (branch of vagus) | -Recurrent laryngeal (branch of vagus) |
| Artery | –Maxillary artery | –Stapedial artery and hyoid artery | -Common Carotid and proximal part of Internal Carotid Artery | -On left, aortic arch; on right, proximal part of right subclavian | -Proximal part of pulmonary arteries and ductus arteriosus (on left only) |
| Cartilage | –Meckel’s Cartilage Mandible + sphenoMandibular ligament –Malleus + Incus |
–Stapes –Styloid process –Stylohyoid ligament -leSSer horn of hyoid |
–Greater horn of hyoid | –Thyroid cartilage | -All laryngeal cartilages (artenoids, cricoid, corniculate, cuneiform) except thyroid cartilage |
| Muscles | –MAT x 2 -Muscles of Mastication –Mylohyoid –Anterior belly of digastric –Anterior 2/3 of tongue –Tensor veli palatini –Tensor tympani |
-Muscles of facial expression (Smiling) –Stapedius –Stylohyoid -poSSSterior belly of digastric -Platysma |
-Stylopharyngeus
-Inferior parathyroid / thymus |
-Pharyngeal constrictors -Levator veli palatini –Cricothyroid-Superior parathyroid |
-All instrinsic laryngeal muscles except cricothyroid |
