Embryology Flashcards
Pre-Embryonic Stage
0-14 days
-Inner cell mass of cells becomes embryonic disc
-endoderm and ectoderm
Embryonic Stage
15dy- 8wks
-3 layers
Ectoderm
-NS
-epidermis
Mesoderm
-CS
-Excretory sys
-dermis
-muscles
-skeleton
Endoderm
-Respiratory sys
-organs
Fetal Stage
8wks - Birth
-myelination starts
Neural Tube Development
18-26 days
-Neural groove done at 21d
-closes at cervical 1st
-Superior neuropore closes at 27d
Inner layer
-grey matter
-dorsal horn: sensory
-ventral horn: motor
Outer layer
-white matter
Somites
-appear in occiput first, the caudally
Anteromedial: vertebrae and skull
Posteromedial: muscles of myotome
Later: dermis/dermatome
Conus Medullaris
-end of SC
Cauda Equina
-individual nerves extending at end of SC
-starts at L1-L2
Filum Terminale
-connection of meninges at end of SC
SC Growth
-stops at 4-5
-vertebral column stops at 16-18y
Grey and White Matter
SC:
Grey: outside, unmyelinated
White: inside, myelinated
Brain:
Grey: inside, unmeylinated, cell bodies
White: outside, myelinated
Brain Development
Hindbrain: brainstem (w/o midbrain), 4th ventricle
Midbrain: cerebral aquaduct
Forebrain
Posterior: Diencephalon
Anterior: telencephalon (cortex, white matter, lateral ventricles
Abnormal Neck and reflexes
-Asymmetric tonic reflex
-Symmetric tonic reflex
-Tonic labyrinth reflex