Question 58 · LDEK · Craniofacial and occlusal development

Which of the following develops from Meckel’s cartilage?

  1. A. stapes and incus.
  2. B. stapes and malleus.
  3. C. malleus and incus.
  4. D. wings of the sphenoid bone.
  5. E. stylomandibular ligament.
Hint

Meckel's cartilage belongs to the first pharyngeal arch; recall which middle-ear ossicles share that origin.

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