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DIAPHRAGM
➢It is developed from the following structures.
1- Septum transversum: It lies firstly infront the neck and
forms central tendon.
2- Cervical myotomes (C3,4,5): Forms the muscular part
around the central tendon and supplied by phrenic nerve.
3- Pleuro-peritoneal membrane: forms the postero-lateral
parts of the diaphragm.
4- Meso-esophagus: forms the median posterior part.
5- Mesoderm of thoracic wall: forms the periphery of
diaphragm.
6- Mesoderm around aorta: forms the crura.