Those annoying pharyngeal pouches

[Knicks]

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How much emphasis should we place on these for the step 1?

Also, is there any easy way to remember them and what their derivatives are?

 

[dsprague12]

How much emphasis should we place on these for the step 1?

Also, is there any easy way to remember them and what their derivatives are?

You might get 1 question about them. I'd review them but wouldn't waste time trying to know them cold.

 

[DragonWell]

MPITS

M-middle ear
P-palatine tonsil
IT-inferior parathyroid, thymus
S-superior parathyroid

DiGeorge and the 3rd/4th pouches seems like it'd be the most likely question on this.