Embryo Flashcards
what is the function of the hippocampal commissure
connects the hippocampal formations
what is lissencephaly and what causes it
- sx
“smooth brain”
incomplete neuronal migration to cerebral cortex during 3-4 months gestation
- sx: seizures, mental deficiency, mild spastic quadriplegia
when do the forebrain and hindbrain divide
(forebrain into telencephalon and diencephalon, and hindbrain into metencephalon and myelencephalon)
5th week
what does the basal plate become
motor neurons that leave the CNS and travel to skeletal muscle
- ventral and lateral grey columns/horns
function of corpus callosum and how it develops
connects hemispheres along their length
- anterior portion forms first, posterior forms in fetal life
causes of hydrocephalus
- increased CSF production by choroid plexus adenoma
- intraventricular hemorrhage causing obstruction of lateral or median aperature
- congenital aqueductal stenosis
when do the basal ganglion and cortical structure develop
between weeks 6-32
how do the median and lateral apertures form and what is their purpose
the roof of the 4th ventricle evaginates in 3 locations and ruptures
–> allows CSF to enter subarachnoid space from the 4th ventricle
what type of neurons are found closest to the midline
GSE
the cavity of the metencephalon becomes what
superior part of 4th ventricle
list the 6 structures contained within the telencephalon
cerebral cortex
subcortical white matter
olfactory bulb and tract
basal ganglia
amygdala
hippocampus
clinical features of holoprosencephaly
microcephaly
microphthalmia
ocular hypotnesion
cleft lip w/ or w/o cleft palate
intellectual disabilites
epilepsy
hydrocephalus
where is the hypothalamus from
neuroblasts in the intermediate zone of the diencephalon
what does the embyronic cervical flexure do
demarcates hindbrain from spinal cord
what are the tegmental nuclei (red nuclei, reticular nuclei, CN III, and IV nuclei) formed from
neuroblasts from the basal plate
what does the mesencephalon give rise to
the midbrain
how do the alar and basal plates migrate
alar plates migrate to become lateral to the basal plates so motor nuclei develop medial to sensory nuclei
(affarent will be lateral to efferent)
what type of neurons are found closest to the sulcus limitans
GVA and SVA
what does the caudal eminence become
sacral and coccyx regions of spinal cord
besides the posterior pituitary, what else in the pituitary gland comes from neurohypophyseal diverticulum
median eminence
infundibular stem
what does the medulla oblongata consist of
olive
pyramid
where does the posterior pituitary come from
neurohypophyseal diverticulum from diencephalon
what does the epithalamus develop from
roof and dorsal portion of lateral wall of diencephalon
primordia of the retinae and optic nerves are from what
telencephalon
how does the white matter of the cerebral cortex form
axons from neurons in the cortical plate and subplate join those in the intermediate zone, which forms the white matter
what is the septum pellucidum and how does it form
a thin plate of brain tissue containing nerve cells and fibers
- runs as a sheet from the corpus callosum down to the fornix separating the anterior horns of the left and right lateral ventricles of the brain
- forms from stretching of the lamina terminalis
what part of the neural tube becomes the brain
cranial to the fourth somites
what does the rhombencephalon give rise to
(hindbrain)
metencephalon (pons)
myelencephalon (medulla)
when do the rostral and caudal neuropores close
rostral: day 25
caudal: day 27/28
how are the inferior and superior colliculi formed
neuroblasts of alar plate migrate into the tectum
what is the in the ventricular zone of the spinal cord
stem cells
ependymoblasts
choroid plexus cells