Neural Crest derivatives at a glance

Neural Crest derivatives

·         Connective tissue and bones of the face and skull

·         Cranial nerve ganglia

(ciliary  for oculomotor nerve;

Trigeminal ganglia for trigeminal nerve;

superior,inferior,sphenoidal,submandibular for facial nerve ;

 Acoustic and vestibular for vestibulocochlear nerve;

Superior,inferior,otic for glossopharyngeal nerve;

Superior,inferior vagal parasympathetic ganglion for vagus nerve )

·         C cell of thyroid gland

·         Conotruncal septum in the heart

·         Odontoblast

·         Dermise in face and neck

·         Dorsal root ganglia

·         Sympathetic chain & paraaortic ganglia

·         Parasympathetic ganglian ofGIT

·         Adrenal medulla

·         Schwann cell

·         Glial cell

·         Leptomeninges (Arachnoid and pia mater )

·         Melanocytes

·         Branchial cartilage

·         Uveal tract

Collected and concise for postgraduate student only