Term Name: pharyngeal arch 2
Synonyms: 2nd arch, 2nd pharyngeal arch, 2nd visceral arch, arcus pharyngeus secundus, branchial arch 2, hyoid arch, hyoid bars, pharyngeal arch 2, pharyngeal arches 2, second branchial arch, second pharyngeal arch, second visceral arch, visceral 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.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0003066]

Relationships
develops into: auditory hillocks, pharyngeal arch 2 derived depressor mandibulae muscle epihyoidean facial muscle hyoid arch skeleton levator hyomandibulae muscle levator operculi platysma
has parts: 2nd arch ectoderm 2nd arch endoderm 2nd arch mesenchyme pharyngeal arch artery 2 pharyngeal membrane of 2nd arch Reichert's cartilage
is a type of: pharyngeal arch