Development of the Cells of the Nervous System

Question 1

Key initiating player of embryogenesis of the CNS

Answer 1

Ectoderm

Question 2

Differentiates into the hair, nails, and epidermis

Answer 2

Surface Ectoderm

Question 3

Gives lining to the G.I tract and the Respiratory System. Also gives rise to organs located at the abdominals.

Answer 3

Endoderm

Question 4

Gives rise to skeleton, dermis, and muscle. (Mostly contains somites)

Answer 4

Paraxial Mesoderm

Question 5

Gives rise to gonads, kidneys, and urogenital structure

Answer 5

Intermediate Mesoderm

Question 6

Gives rise to the limb skeleton and muscular gut. Further classified into partial and visceral mesoderm

Answer 6

Lateral Plate Mesoderm

Question 7

Stages of Nervous System Development

Answer 7

Neural plate
Neural groove/crest
Neural tube

Question 8

Neural tube is divided into:

Answer 8

Prosencephalon
Mesencephalon
Rhombencephalon

Question 9

Prosencephalon

Answer 9

Forebrain

Question 10

Mesencephalon

Answer 10

Midbrain

Question 11

Rhombencephalon

Answer 11

Hindbrain

Question 12

The Prosencephalon is divided into

Answer 12

Telencephalon
Diencephalon

Question 13

The Telencephalon includes

Answer 13

Cerebrum (cortex, white matter, basal nuclei)

Question 14

The Diencephalon includes

Answer 14

Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Epithalamus

Question 15

The Mesencephalon contains the:

Answer 15

part of the brain stem

Question 16

The Rhombencephalon is divided into:

Answer 16

Metencephalon
Myelencephalon

Question 17

The Metencephalon contains

Answer 17

Pons, cerebellum

Question 18

The Myelencephalon contains

Answer 18

Medulla oblongata