Embryology

Question 1

At which stage are the germ layers formed?

Answer 1

Gastrulation

Question 2

What occurs during fertilisation?

Answer 2

Union of sperm and oocyte

Question 3

What occurs during cleavage?

Answer 3

Earliest divisions of the embryo

Question 4

What occurs during morphogenesis?

Answer 4

Formation of the body plan?

Question 5

What occurs during organogenesis?

Answer 5

Development of the primordial of all the organs

Question 6

At which stage of lung maturation does branching to give the terminal bronchioles occur?

Answer 6

Pseudoglandular

Question 7

What happens in the embryonic period of lung maturation?

Answer 7

Branching to the level of the lobar bronchi

Question 8

What happens in the canalicular period of lung maturation?

Answer 8

Respiratory bronchioles and alveolar ducts form

Question 9

What happens in the saccular period of lung maturation?

Answer 9

Terminal sacs form and capillaries become associates

Question 10

What happens in the alveolar period of lung maturation?

Answer 10

Alveoli mature (this continues into early childhood)