Derivatives of Intermediate Mesoderm Flashcards
1
Q
What is the other name for the intermediate mesoderm?
A
Gononephrotome
2
Q
What is the cross-sectioned shape of the int. mesoderm?
A
- bulbous shaped structure between conical paraxial meso and band-like lateral plate meso
3
Q
What structures does the int. mesoderm become?
A
- urogenital system
- gonads
- ducts
- accessory glands
4
Q
What kidney structure appears briefly in the intermediate mesoderm?
A
pronephros
later becomes mesonephros then kidneys
5
Q
What structure in the intermediate mesoderm arises briefly just ventral to the anterior somites?
What does it become?
A
pronephric duct
becomes Wolffian or mesonephric duct
connects mesonephros to cloaca
6
Q
What forms at the caudal end of the intermediate mesoderm?
A
cloaca
7
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