Embryology 2 - Neurulation, Folding, and Development of the Nervous System Flashcards
Roles of the Norochord?
- Establishes longitudinal axis and gives embryo rigidity
- Signals for MSK and CNS development
- Contributes to IV discs
What type of cells dive into primitive pit to develop notochord?
Mesenchymal cells
What forms when mesenchymal cells dive into primitive pit?
Notochordal process
When the notochordal process develops a lumen, what is it then called?
Notochordal canal
After the notochordal process approaches the prechordal plate, the floor of the notochordal process “fuses” with the endoderm and is called what?
Notochordal plate
Is there a canal present when the notochord is fully developed?
No canal present
Notochordal plate -> notochord transition starts _____ and progresses ______
Cranially; caudally
The notochord and its preceding structures are important what?
Organizers
What does the notochord not go beyond?
The prechordal plate
What does the pre-chordal plate develop into?
The oropharyngeal membrane two layer memb
What forms at the caudal aspect of the primitive streak? What is it the future site of?
Cloacal membrane two later memb. Future site of anus
Small, vascularized diverticulum (outpouching) from the caudal wall of umbilical vesicle, extending into connecting stalk
Allantois
What is the function of the allantois?
Early blood formation and bladder development
What is formed (overall) by neuralation?
Neural tube
First step of neuralation?
Notochord => neural plate
What does invagination of the neural plate form?
Neural groove with neural folds on either side
What forms when the neural folds fuse together?
Neural tube
What is the neural tube the primordium of?
CNS
When is neurulation complete?
By the end of week 4
What are the neural crest cells derivatives of?
Many structures of the PNS (mainly ganglia)
What is the intraembryonic mesoderm on either side of the notochord called?
Paraxial mesoderm
Cuboidal masses of mesoderm on wither side of the notochord, visible along the dorsolateral surface of the embryo on each side of the neural tube?
Somites
What forms somites?
Paraxial mesoderm
What do somites give rise to?
Most of the axial skeleton and associated musculature + dermis in those areas
What do the mesenchymal cells that migrate anteriorly (lateral to the notochordal process) form? What does this give rise to?
Cardiogenic mesoderm. Gives rise to embryonic heart primordia
What do the primordium of intraembryonic coelom (embryonic body cavity) appear as?
Isolates spaces in the lateral and cardiogenic mesoderm