The cranial neural crest is one of the four regions of the neural crest.
[1] The cranial neural crest arises in the anterior and populates the face and the pharyngeal arches giving rise to bones, cartilage, nerves and connective tissue.
[2] The endocranium and facial bones of the skull are ultimately derived from crest cells.
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