Embryology Flashcards
From fertilisation, what is the first clump of cells called?
Morula
What are more than 16 cells called?
Blastocyst
What happens after week 3?
Gastrulation
Trilaminar disc forms
What are the trilaminar disc layers?
Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm
What is neuralation?
Formation of embryonic NS
What happens in neuralation?
Whats formed?
Ectoderm undergoes differential mitosis
Forms midline groove called neural groove
Groove deepens and forms neural tube
What is also found along the neural tube?
Neural crest cells
What is the function of neural crest cells?
Where are they?
Develop into many cell types
Lateral to neural tube
What do neural crest cells differentiate into?
Brain and CNS
What does the rostral part of the neural tube develop into?
Superior portion
Brain and CNS
How fast does the rostral grow than the caudal?
The rostral part grows faster than the caudal
What does the caudal develop into?
The spinal cord
Inferior portion
What happens by the 5th week of development?
3 primary brain vesicles form
What are the 3 primary brain vesicles?
Prosencephalon (forebrain)
Mesencephalon (midbrain)
Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)
When does further differentiation occur to form the secondary brain vesicles?
By week 7