A3 - Embryology (Mitchell) Flashcards
Envelops CNS axon
Plasma membrane of oligodendrocyte
Rostral neuropore closes
Day 25
Folding begins here
6th somite
Flexure where brain meets spinal cord
Cervical flexure
Caudal 1/3 neural tube
Spinal cord
Gives rise to:
Thalami, etc.
Diencephalon
Gives rise to:
Lower part of 4th ventricle
Myelencephalon
Responsible for:
Consciousness
Sensorimotor transformation
Sensory integration
Planning
Telencephalon
Envelops peripheral axon
Cell body of neurolemma (schwann cell)
Embryonic cell layer continuous with early CNS
Surface ectoderm
Development of neural tube
4th week
Wrappings lose cytoplasm
Oligodendrocyte
Suci and gyri develop in the human brain at this age
9 months
Gives rise to:
Telencephalon
Diencephalon
Forebrain (Prosencephalon)
Gives rise to:
Lateral ventricles
Telencephalon
Major relay center for hearing and vision
Midbrain (Mesencephalon)
Flexure where the pons develops
Pontine flexure
Oligodendrocytes are derivatives of _________
Neuroepithelium
Gives rise to:
Aqueduct
Mesencephalon
Alar neurons migrate to marginal zone, responsible for:
Fine touch proprioception
- Gracile & Cuneate nucleii
Cerebellum develops as an expansion of _____
alar plates
Cells that help absorb & produce CSF in central canal & ventricles
Ependymal cells
Produces CSF
Choroid plexus
Surrounds neuroectoderm
Mesenchyme
4th Somite
Spinal cord development
Membranous layer of CNS derived from neural crest
Arachnoid mater