Pharyngeal arch 2
System
Digestive
SNOMED CT
308768003
Pharyngeal arch 2
Definition
The second pharyngeal arch will form the hyoid apparatus. The cranial neural crest cells that populate the second pharyngeal arch emerge primarily from rhombomere 4 and will form skeletal elements.
Also known as 2nd pharyngeal arch, arcus pharyngeus secundus, branchial arch 2, hyoid arch, pharyngeal arch 2, second branchial arch, second pharyngeal arch, second visceral arch, visceral arch 2 — per UBERON
The Pharyngeal arch 2 is a part of the Digestive.