Development of the urinary system Flashcards
The _____ is an outgrowth of the hindgut.
Allantois
The ____ divides the root of gut to become the _____ and _____.
urogenital septum
hindgut
bladder
Name the three divisions of the mesoderm are:
Paraxial mesoderm, intermediate mesoderm, lateral plate mesoderm
The ____ forms most of the urinary system.
Intermediate mesoderm
Lateral plate mesoderm is made up of ____ and ____
Somatic mesoderm, visceral and splanchnic mesoderm
Intermediate mesoderm forms which three parts of the urogenital system?
Nephros (kidney precursors), urinary ducts, sex cords of the gonads
What was the evolutionary precursor to the renal system?
Flame cells
Flame cells propelled ____ down into the coelomic cavity
Excretory products
What are the three precursors to the kidney?
Pronephros, mesonephros, metanephros
Put these kidney precursors in order:
mesonephros, pronephros, metanephros
Pronephros, mesonephros, metanephros
As the different precursors of the renal system develop, the predecessors ____
Regress
What does the mesonephros become?
Gonads
What do the mesonephric ducts become?
Part of the gonads and the adrenal cortex
What does the metanephros become?
Definitive kidney in mammals, reptiles and birds
What do the metanephric ducts become?
Ureters, pelvis of kidney and collecting ducts
The kidney precursors are all ____ and are ____ in structure and blood supply
Paired
Segmental
The more advanced the animal, the more ____ the kidneys
Caudal
The blood supply to the metanephros comes from the ____
Dorsal aorta
____ stimulates the formation of nephric tubules
Blood flow
Nephric tubules are formed from ____
Intermediate mesoderm