Embryology Flashcards
The nerve fibers that emerge from the rental ganglion cells at ____ weeks travel along the ______ wall of the _________ to reach the brain
6th week
Inner wall
Optic stalk
The lumen of the optic stalk is obliterated by growth of nerve fibers, by week ______, we have a __________
8
Solid optic nerve
What are the 2 sources of vascularization
Choroidal layer
Hyaloid artery
The hyaloid artery is a _______ artery
Transient
What does the hyaloid artery develop from
A branch of the ophthalmic artery
What does the hyaloid artery supply
The developing retina and lens vesicle
What is the name given to the branches of the hyaloid artery that extend over the lens
Tunica vasculosa lentis
The lips of the optic fissue fuse by day______ and enclose this
37
Enclose the hyaloid artery
The hyaloid vascualture is maximally developed by what week gestation
10
When the lens matures during fetal life and doesn’t need blood supply the hyaloid artery will degenerate. How does this occur
Macrophages will eat it
What is the space formed by where the hyaloid artery was
Cloquets canal
The proximal portion of the hyaloid artery becomes what?
The central retinal artery
What does the central retinal artery supply
The retina
Vascularization of the retina starts as the hyaloid artery is regressing and is predominant during the final trimester
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In week 6-7 the mesenchyme capsule of the optic cup forms these 2 layers
Inner pigmented layer, choroid
Outer fibrous, sclera