Nerve associated with pharyngeal cleft is derived from
Neural crest cells
Mesoderm
Neural plate ectoderm
Notochord
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.
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