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Embryology Flashcards

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When do the 3 layers of embryonic tissue appear? When does Neural Plate give rise to Neural Tube? When is neural tube development complete?

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Week 3

Day 18–> Neural Plate gives rise to Neural Tube.

Day 28–> Neural Tube development completed

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When does the Nervous System develop?

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3rd trimester

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What does the Notochord form in the adult? What problems can it create?

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Nucleus Pulposus, which lies within the vertebral column. It can herniate through the annulus fibrosus and impinge on spinal root–> PAIN.

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Describe Neuralation (4 steps)

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1) Notochord (which comes from Prenotochordal cells) induces overlying ectoderm to form Neural Plate. Notochord becomes nucleus Pulposus.
2) Nerual plate invaginates–> Neural Groove (Day 18)
3) Neural Groove–> forms Neural Tube and Neural Crest Cells
4) Neural Tube closes, starting in center and expanding rostrally and caudally.

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What does the PNS develop from?

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Neural Crest cells

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What forms from the exterior and interior of the Neural Tube?

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Exterior–> CNS

Interior–> ventricles and spinal canal

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What is Anencephaly? What are the characteristic features?

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Failure of the ROSTRAL neuropore to close

Features: absence of scalp, skull, and portions of cortex. FROG EYE appearance.

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What is Spina Bifida?

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Failure of caudal neuropore closure

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What is the main cause of anencephaly and spina bifida?

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Low folate levels

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What clinical findings/tests can indicate fetal neural tube defects?

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Elevated alpha-fetoprotein in maternal serum OR amniotic fluid. Can also be elevated with hepatocellular carcinoma and yolk sac tumors.

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Describe the different forms of Spina Bifida

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Spina Bifida Occulta: No herniation, but failure of vertebral archto clouse. Tuft of hair.
Meningiocele: Failure of vertebral arch to close with Herniation of meninges (subarachnoid space). Form lumbosacral cyst.
Meningomyocele: Failure of vertebral arch to close with Herniation of meninges AND spinal cord. Associate with Arnold-Chiari syndrome. Can result in loss of reflexes and sensation, paralysis.

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What defines the severity of Spina Bifida?

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-location and degree of closure

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What is Meningoencephalocele?

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Herniation of meninges and brain–> Mental Retardation

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What is Meningohydrocephalocele?

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Herniation of meninges, brain, and CSF-containing ventricles–> Mental Retardation

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What are the Alar and Basal Plates? What is the Sulcus Limitans?

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Alar Plate: gives rise to Sensory neurons
Basal Plate: gives rise to Motor neurons
Sulcus Limitans: separates two plates

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What do the Neural Crest cells give rise to? (Possible defects)

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MOST IMPORTANT: PNS and Schwann Cells

Aortic arch/ Aorticopulmonary Septum (Great vessel deformities)
Parafollicular Cells/ C-cells
Tissue of sclera. cornea, ciliary muscle
Connective/skeletal tissue of pharyngeal arches (DiGeorge–> pharyngeal pouches)
Enterochromaffin cells of intestines (Hirschprung Disease and achalasia
PNS
Schwann cells
Chromaffin cells of Adrenal Medulla
Odontoblasts
Melanocytes (Albinism)
Leptomeninges

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What is Arnold-Chiari? (Type I and II)

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Congenital herniation of cerebellum through foramen magnum
Type I: Herniation of cerebellar tonsils ONLY.
Type II: Herniation of tonsils and vermis, breaking of tectal plate, aqueductal stenosis, stretching cranial nerves. May also have cervical syringomyelia and lumbar meningomyocele.

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What are the clinical presentations of Arnold-Chiari Types I and II? Prognosis?

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Type I: Or cerebellar ataxia, hydrocephalus, etc. May have not symptoms or not until adolescence/adulthood.

Type II: diff swallowing, loss of sensation-with/out pain (back of neck, shoulders), mental retardation, hydrocephalus. Usually die (cranial nerve dysfcn or respiratory failure)

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What is Dandy-Walker Syndrome? Prognosis?

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Occurs far less than Arnold-Chiari. Cerebellar vermis hypoplasia–> dilation of 4th ventricle due to failure of foramina of Luschka and Magendie to open. Posterior fossa cyst/ hydrocephalus.

Prognosis varies.

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What is the most common cause of hydrocephalus? Treatment

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Aqueductal stenosis

Treatment: axtraventricular shunt, cauterize ependymal cells, endocscopic ventriculostomy

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Define: Microencephaly. Prognosis?

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small brain size with decreased head circumference

50% mental retardation

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Define: Holoprosencephaly. Possible causes?

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Failure of midline cleavage of forebrain. Forebrain may lack midline features.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)

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What is the most common cause of mental retardation?

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Which of the meninges is vascular?

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Pia mater

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Where does the subarachnoid space terminate?

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S2 vertebrae.

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What is contained in the Epidural Space?

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Fatty areolar tissue, lymphatics, venous plexus, meningeal arteries

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Describe clinical features of Epidural Hematoma

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Due to traumatic injury
Biconvex shape–> does not cross Dural Attachments
“Talk and die” syndrome (temporarily improve and then die)
Middle Meningeal artery most commonly ruptures

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Describe the clinical features of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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Ruptured Berry Aneurysm
“Worst Headache of my life”
Sudden Onset headache
Increased Risk: HTN, smoking, increased age, polycystic kidney disease, Marfan, Ehlers-Danlos Type 4

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Describe Intracerebral/Parenchymal Hemorrhage

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Trauma, infarct, angiopathy, diabetes, HTN (Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm)
Basal ganglia and thalamus common areas

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Describe clinical features of Subdural Hematoma

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More common than epidural hematoma
Does NOT cross midline
Crescent-shaped
Elderly at risk due to atrophy of cortex–> increased tension on bridging veins
May be assoc. with contusion, subarachnoid, and other hemorrhages.

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What does Neuroectoderm give rise to?

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CNS neurons, ependymal cells, oligodendrocytes, astrocytes

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What does Mesoderm five rise to in Nervous System?

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Microglia

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Which drugs are strongly associated with neural tube defects?

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Carbamazepine and Valporic Acid

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Which germ layer gives rise to Microglia?

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Mesoderm

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Which nerve covering is re-ligated in surgery?

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Perineurium

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