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Development of the Nervous System Flashcards

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Over what time frame does the nervous system undergo development?

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It is the first system to begin development, and the last to complete development

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What does the early development of the nervous system reflect?

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The fact that its formation is a priority for the embryo

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What is meant by the nervous system being a very plastic system?

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It is changing all the time, even after birth

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What is the clinical relevance of the length of time it takes the nervous system to develop?

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It is most susceptible to insult during pre-natal development

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What effect does alcohol have on the developing nervous system?

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It disrupts communication between developing neurones

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What is the notocord?

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A solid cord of cells

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What is the notocord formed by?

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Prenotocordal cells migrating through the primitive pit

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What does the definitive notocord serve as?

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The baseline for the midline, axial skeleton, and neural tube

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What does the notocord release?

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Lots of diffusion limited signalling molecules

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What can the signalling molecules released by the notocord act on?

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Only cells that are close, and have the right receptor

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What is the result of interaction between the notocord and ectoderm?

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Formation of neuroectoderm

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What does the formation of neuroectoderm cause?

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The induction of the neural plate

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What happens to the neural plate in development?

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The lateral edges of the neural plate elevate, and the depressed midregion becomes the neural groove

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What happens to the neural folds during development?

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They gradually approach each other in the midline and fuse

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Where does fusion of the neural folds begin?

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In the future cervical region (in the middle), and then proceeds in both cranial and caudal directions

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What is produced by fusion of the neural folds?

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The neural tube

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By what stage in development is the neural tube completely closed?

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Day 28-32

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18
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What do neural tube defects result from?

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The failure of the neural tube to close

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What happens if failure of the neural tube to close occurs caudally?

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Gives spina bifida

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Where in the spinal cord does spina bifida occur?

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Can occur anywhere along the length, but most common in the lumbosacral region

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What occurs with spina bifida?

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  • Neurological defects
  • Hydrocephalus nearly always
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Are the neurological defects in spina bifida associated with cognitive delay?

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No

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What is hydrocephalus?

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Accumulation of the CSF within the ventricular system

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What can hydrocephalus lead to?

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  • Brain impairments
  • Congitive delay
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What happens if failure of the neural tube to close occurs cranially?

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Anencephaly

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What is anencephaly?

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Failure of formation of the head structures, including brain

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What is the prognosis of anencephaly?

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It is incompatible with life

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What is the most severe form of anencephaly?

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Rachischisis

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29
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What is rachischisis?

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Failure of neural fold elevation

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30
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How can neural tube defects be deteted?

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  • Raised maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein
  • USS
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31
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What causes neural tube defects?

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Multi-factoral aetiology

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32
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What can reduce the incidence of neural tube defects?

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Folic acid pre-conceptually (3 months) and in the first trimester

33
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By how much does folic acid reduce the incidence of neural tube defects?

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70%

34
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When is dose of folic acid to prevent neural tube defects increased?

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When there is a known increased risk, e.g. past pregnancies or family history

35
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What does the lumen of the neuroectoderm tube become?

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The ventricular system

36
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What is the ventricular system comprised of in the adult?

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Interconnected ‘reservoirs’ filled by CSF, produced by cells of the ventricular lining

37
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What is the role of the CSF in the ventricular system?

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Cushion the brain and spinal cird within their body cases

38
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When can hydrocephalus occur?

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When there is any blockage of the ventricular system, e.g. tumour or infection

39
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When is hydrocephalus most common?

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In newborns suffering from spina bifida

40
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How is hydrocephalus treated?

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By the use of a shunt, which shunts fluid into the jugulovenous system or the peritoneum

41
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What forms cranially after neural tube closure in the 4th week?

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3 dilations

42
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What do the dilations that form after neural tube closure become?

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The primary brain vesicles; forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain

43
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What happens after the formation of the primary brain vesicles?

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At 5 weeks of development, 5 secondary brain vesicles are formed

44
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What secondary brain vesicles are formed from the forebrain?

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  • Telencephalon
  • Diencephalon
45
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What does the telencephalon form?

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Cerebral hemispheres

46
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What does the diencephalon form?

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Thalamus

47
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What secondary brain vesicles form from the midbrain?

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Mesencephalon

48
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What does the mesencephalon form?

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The midbrain

49
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What secondary brain vesicles form from the hindbrain?

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  • Metencephalon
  • Myelecephalon
50
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What does the metencephalon form?

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The pons and cerebellum

51
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What does the myelecephlon form?

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Medulla oblongata

52
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What does most of the length of the neural tube give rise to?

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The spinal cord

53
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How does the length of the spinal cord compare to that of the vertebral column during embryological development?

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At the 3rd month, the spinal cord is the same length as the vertebral column, but thereafter, the vertebral column grows faster, as the trunk of the fetus grows more rapidly

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What is the result of the vertebral column growing faster than the spinal cord after the 3rd month of embryological development?

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Spinal roots must elonagate, because they still exit at their intervertebral foramen

55
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What does the elongation of the spinal roots during embryological development form?

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The cauda equina

56
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What do the anatomical divisons of the brain and spinal cord undergo?

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Patterning and organisation

57
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What layers are present in the early organisation of the neural tube?

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  • Neuroepithelial layer on inside
  • Intermediate (mantle) layer
  • Marginal layer on outside
58
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What does the neuroepithelial layer of the neural tube produce?

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CSF

59
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What does the intermediate layer of the neural tube produce?

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Neuroblasts

60
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What do the roof and floor plates of the neural tube regulate?

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Dorsal and ventral patterning

61
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What does the alar plate of the neural tube form?

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Sensory structures

62
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What does the basal plate of the neural tube form?

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Motor structures

63
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What happens as the neuroectodermal tube grows?

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It runs out of space, causing it to bend

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What is produced from the bending of the neuroectoderm tube?

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It produces flexures

65
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What flexures are produced from the bending of the neuroectoderm tube?

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  • Cervical flexure
  • Cephalic flexure
66
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Where does the cervical flexure form?

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Spinal cord-hindbrain junction

67
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Where does the cephalic flexure form?

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In the midbrain region

68
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What is the result of the flexures on the neuroaxis?

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Means it does not remain straight

69
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What happens to cells of the lateral border of the neuroectoderm?

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They become displaced, and enter the mesoderm, undergoing epithelial to mesenchymal transition to become neural crest cells

70
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What does the neural crest give rise to?

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  • Dorsal root ganglion
  • Sympathetic ganglion
    Suprarenal gland and chromatic cells
  • Preaortic ganglia
  • Enteric ganglia
71
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What are the adult nervous system derivatives of the neural crest cells?

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  • Cranial nerve ganglia
  • Spinal root ganglia
  • Sympathetic ganglia
  • Parasympathetic ganglia
  • Schwann cells
  • Glial cells
  • Leptomeninges
72
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What are the adult head, neck, and midline derivatives of the neural crest cells?

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  • Connective tissue and bones of the face and skull
  • Odontoblasts
  • Dermis of the face and neck
  • C cells of the thyroid gland
73
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What are the adult derivatives of the neural crest cells?

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  • Nervous system components
  • Head, neck, and midline components
  • Conotruncal septum of heart
  • Melanocytes
  • Adrenal medulla
74
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What is the clinical relevance of the complex migratory pattern of neural crest cells?

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They are extremely vulnerable to environmental insult

75
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Do defects in neural crest migration affect a single component, or multiple components?

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Can be either

76
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Give an example of where neural crest cell migration defects affect a single component

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Hirschsprungs disease

77
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What happens in Hirschsprungs disease?

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Ganglia of enteric nervous system doesn’t form

78
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Give three examples of where defects in neural crest migration affect multiple components

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  • DiGeorge syndrome
  • Cardiac defects
  • Abnormal facies

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