Embryology Flashcards
what is a functional disorder?
looks ok, doesn’t work well
frequency of birth defect?
1:33 (live births only)
what is the most common birth defect? frequency?
heart defect 1:200
what is the second most common birth defect? frequency?
hypospadias male only
1:300
how many cells is a morula?
16
whats the diference between a blastocyst and blastocoele?
blastocoele has a cavity
blastocyst has two types of cells?
outer trophoblast
inner cell mass
What does the trophoblast form?
placenta
extraembryonic structures
when does the blastocyst implant?
between 5-10 days
inner cell mass splits to?
epiblast
hypoblast
epiblast of hypoblast becomes the embryo?
epiblast
what is gastrulation, where does it form?
epiblast’s formation of the 3 germ layers
what layer does the lungs come from?
endoderm
what layer does the heart come from?
mesoderm
what layer does the pancreas/liver come from?
endoderm
T/F? notochord comes from ectoderm?
Nope. mesoderm
what’s the purpose of notochord?
induces ectoderm above it to form neural plate
What forms neural crest?
cells at top of neural tube
are the neural tube cells mobile?
yes, migrate away from wide range of structures
melanocytes and dentine come from which tissue?
neural crest derivative
most of the face comes from mesoderm?
Nope. neural crest
example of neural crest defect?
cleft palate
dermis comes from which germ layer?
mesoderm
pleura peritoneum pericardium comes from which germ layer?
mesoderm
whats the opposite of epithelial?
mesenchymal
What is mesenchyme?
loose freely moving with Ct inbetween cells
urogenital tract comes from which germ layer??
mesoderm
3 areas of mesoderm?
paraxial (medial)
intermediate
lateral
paraxial mesoderm forms what 3 things?
dermis of skin
axial skeleton
limb muscles
intermediate mesoderm forms?
urogenital system
lateral mesoderm forms?
heart
wall of gut/respiratory tissues
what are somites? which germ layer do they come from?
mesoderm
swellings down paraxial mesoderm
what is a somitomere?
pro-somite
which pair do semitomere becomes independent somite?
8th pair
somite splits into 2 things?
sclerotome (axial skeleton)
dermomyotome
dermomyotome splits into?
dermatome
myotome