Nerve associated with pharyngeal cleft is derived from
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.
Neural crest cells
Mesoderm
Neural plate ectoderm
Notochord
General Embryology 2