Pharyngeal arches

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First Arch

Trigeminal Nerve (CN V)

Muscles of mastication (chewing), tensor veli palatini

Maxilla, mandible, malleus, incus, and parts of the temporal bone

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2nd Arch

Facial nerve

Muscles of facial expression, stylohyoid, stapedius

Stapes, styloid process, and parts of the hyoid bone

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3rd arch

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Stylopharyngeus (swallowing)

Greater horns and lower body of the hyoid bone

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4th and 6th arch

Vagus Nerve (CN X)

Pharyngeal constrictors, laryngeal muscles (speech)

Thyroid, cricoid, and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx