Embryology

Question 1

What adult structure comes from the Alar plate

Answer 1

Sensory neurons

Question 2

What adult structure comes from the Basal plate

Answer 2

Motor neurons

Question 3

What adult structures comes from the Telencephalon

Answer 3

Cerebral hemispheres and lateral ventricles

Question 4

What adult structures comes from the Diencephalon

Answer 4

Thalamus, optic nerves, and third ventricle

Question 5

What adult structures comes from the Mesencephalon

Answer 5

Midbrain and aqueduct

Question 6

What adult structures comes from the Metencephalon

Answer 6

Pons, cerebellum, and superior fourth ventricle

Question 7

What adult structures comes from the Myelencephalon

Answer 7

Medulla and inferior fourth ventricle

Question 8

What adult structures comes from the Neural crest cells

Answer 8

Peripheral sensory and autonomic nerves and sensory ganglia

Question 9

What is the level of the conus medullaris in a newborn and in an adult?

Answer 9

L2 or L3 (newborn), L1 (adult)