<prompt> Nerve associated with pharyngeal cleft is derived fromNeural crest cellsMesodermNeural plate ectodermNotochord  <response>: 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. 