Nerve associated with pharyngeal cleft is derived from: (A) Neural crest cells, (B) Mesoderm, (C) Neural plate ectoderm, (D) Notochord
Answer is A. Nerves of pharyngeal cleft - pretrematic nerve Eg: chorda tympani, tympanic branch of glossopharyngeal nerve. Ganglia are derived from neural crest cells Thus, nerves of pharyngeal clefts are derived from Neural crest cells.