Reiche's cailage derivative is ?: (A) Malleus, (B) Inchus, (C) Stapes suprastructure, (D) Sphenomandibular ligament
Answer is C. The cailage of second pharyngeal arch (hyoid arch) is known as Reiches cailage and contributes as :- (i) Stapes (except footplate), (ii) Styloid process, (iii) Stylohoid ligament, (iv) Lesser cornu and superior pa of body of hyoid bone. However, footplate of stapes develop from otic capsule.