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How does the pancreas develop within the mesentery?

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Tail in dorsal mesentery

Head in ventral mesentery

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When does lateral folding of the embryo occur during development?

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Days 18-24

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What name is given to the identical ball of cells formed before the blastocyst?

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Morula

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What are the 2 cell layers in a blastocyst?

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Trophoblast and Embryoblast

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5
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When does implantation occur?

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Day 6

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When does the amniotic cavity form?

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Day 8

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What is the Syncitiotrophoblast?

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Multinucleated cell, multiple cells fused together, surrounds embryo
Secretes enzymes to aid invasion of the endometrium by the forming embryo

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When does the primary yolk sac form?

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Day 9

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What does the extraembryonic mesoderm consist of?

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Cells, extracellular matrix, cavities (coelom)

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What is formed by cavitation of extraembryonic mesoderm?

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Chorionic cavity, fluid filled

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At day 13, what structure is present which will form the future umbilicus?

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Connecting stalk, made from extraembryonic mesoderm

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At day 13, what cell laters form the bilayer disc?

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Epiblast and hypoblast

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When is the first time to notice that the menstrual period is late?

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Day 15

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What are the primitive streak and node?

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Raised areas of ectoderm, significant cell division

Streak extends from cloaca to primitive node

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What are primitive groove and pit?

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Indentations of ectoderm in centre of streak and node

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At day 15, what primitive forms of the mouth and anus are present?

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Prochordal plate - mouth

Cloacal membrane - anus

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What is Gastrulation?

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Formation of 3 germ cell layers

Migration of epiblast cells from primitive streak towards hypoblast

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During Gastrulation, which parts of the embryonic disc remain mesoderm free?

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Buccopharyngeal and cloacal membranes

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What does ectoderm develop into?

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Skin and neural tissue

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What does endoderm develop into?

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Lining of gut tube, respiratory system and urinary system

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What does mesoderm develop into?

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Paraxial - somite (skeleton, muscle, dermis of skin)
Intermediate - genitourinary
Lateral plate - serous membranes
Muscle, bone, connective tissue, organs, body cavity linings (peritoneum)

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What are somites?

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Somites form axial skeleton, associated muscle & dermis of skin Appear sequentially between days 20 – 30
30-35 pairs formed by paraxial mesoderm
Each supplied by single spinal nerve and migrate to form parts of body
Explains dermatomal sensory mapping of the skin - migrate towards the anterior midline and pull spinal nerves with them

23
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Which cavity is drawn around the disc during folding?

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Amniotic cavity

24
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What is reversal?

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Longitudinal folding moves heart, brain, mouth & anus to adult position

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At what point are tissues of the folding disc folded and reflected?
Umbilicus
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What forms the dilated terminal portion of the gut tube?
Bladder
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What does the urorectal septum separate?
Cloaca is separated into the bladder and rectum
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What is the name of the point where the cloacal membrane meets the septum?
Perineal body
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What process results in the gut tube having its adult disposition?
Herniation and rotation of the gut tube 270 degrees about the SMA
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What is an Omphalocele?
Abdominal wall defect | Organs in sac outside abdomen
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What is gastrocshisis?
Abdominal wall defect | Organs can protrude through umbilicus
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What can happen if the gut rotates clockwise about the SMA?
Volvulus/obstruction as transverse colon is behind midgut and rotated on own mesentery which can cut off blood supply
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What is a Meckels Diverticulum?
Remnant of vitellointestinal duct | If infected or inflamed, will present in similar way to appendicitis
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What is an imperforate anus?
Abnormal urorectal septum formation
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What developmental feature forms the neck and lower face?
Pharyngeal arches
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What are pharyngeal arches innervated by?
Each arch is innervated by a cranial nerve and receives blood from an aortic arch artery
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What features are formed by the pharyngeal arches?
``` Outer & middle ear Tongue Facial & neck muscle Larynx Thyroid, parathyroid & thymus gland Part of facial skeleton ```
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Notocord forms within the mesoderm layer but what does it form?
Part of vertebral column
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What can form from remnants of primitive streak tissue?
Sacrococcygeal teratoma
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What folds to form the neural tube?
Neural plate
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What is spina bifida?
Defective neural tube closure together with anomalies of covering tissues, non fusion of vertebral arch
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What are the 4 types of spina bifida?
Spina bifida occulta - unfused vertebral arch Meningocoele - dura mater and subarachnoid space protrude through Meningomyelocoele - spinal cord protrudes through Myeloschisis - neural tissue fails to migrate so remains at surface
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What are migrating neural crest cells involved in?
``` Heart septation Face & skull connective tissues GI tract ganglia (Parasympathetic) Adrenal medulla Melanocytes Meninges (Arachnoid & pia) Dorsal root ganglia Autonomic nerve ganglia ```
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What key events occur during week 1?
Fertilisation Blastocyst formation Implantation
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What key events occur during week 2?
Implantation Bi laminar disc formation Amniotic and yolk sac formation
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What key events occur during week 3?
``` First missed period Primitive streak formation Gastrulation Neural plate & groove formation & folding Somite formation ```
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What key events occur during week 4?
``` Heart formation (beats) Eye and ear primordia Pharyngeal arches Neural tube formed & folds fused Upper limb growth begins ```
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What key events occur during week 5?
``` Further eye development Feet and hand plates present Face begins to form Brain vesicles form Lower limb growth begins ```
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What key events occur during week 6?
Oral & nasal cavities, & upper lip form External acoustic meatus forms Digits begin to appear Gut rotation & return to abdo cavity
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What key events occur during week 7?
Genital development starts External ear forms Palate formation Gut rotation & return to abdo cavity
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What is contained in the falciform ligament?
Ligamentum teres - remnant of umbilical vein
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What is contained in the ventral mesentery?
Liver Gallbladder Pancreas
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What is contained in the dorsal mesentery?
Spleen | Pancreas
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During development which part of the gut tube has both dorsal and ventral mesentery?
Foregut

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