Embryology Flashcards
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Anencephaly
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Failure of closure of anterior neuropore.
Absence of forebrain and cerebellum
Incompatible with life
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Spina bifida
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Failure of closure of the neural tube
Usually lumbosacral
Occulta or cystica
Often causes hydrocephalus
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Rachischisis
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Failure of neural fold elevation
Severe form of spina bifida along whole length of spine
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Primary brain vesicles and their derivatives
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Prosencephalon - telencephalon (cerebral hemispheres), diencephalon (thalamus)
Mesencephalon - mesencephalon (midbrain)
Rhombencephalon - metencephalon (pons, cerebellum), myelencephalon (medulla oblongata)
