Embryology Flashcards

1
Q

The kidney is formed from what division of the mesoderm?

A
  • intermediate mesoderm
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2
Q

Kidneys are formed from what sequence?

A
  • cranial - caudal
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3
Q

What is the 3 divisions of kidney development?

A
  • pronephros
  • mesonephros
  • metanephros
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4
Q

What is the first development of the kidneys?

A
  • pronephros
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5
Q

By what week is the pronephros vanished?

A
  • week 4

- by which time the mesonephros has developed

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6
Q

What forms the definitive kidneys

A
  • metanephros
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7
Q

When does the metanephros first appear?

A
  • definitive kidney
  • appears week 5
  • functions begin week 9-11
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8
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What is the 2 main components the metanephros is responsible for?

A
  • ureteric bud

- metanephric blastema

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9
Q

What forms the collecting system of the kidneys?

A
  • ureteric bud
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10
Q

What forms the excretory system of the kidneys?

A
  • metanephric blastema
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11
Q

Define kidney agenesis?

A
  • no connection between the ureteric bud and metanephric blastema
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12
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What forms first the metanephric blastema or the ureteric bud?

A
  • ureteric bud
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13
Q

What forms the major and minor calyces?

A
  • branching and intussusception of the utereric bud
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14
Q

What forms the nephrons of the definitive kidney?

A
  • metanephric blastema
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15
Q

What week does the kidneys ascend and to what spinal level?

A
  • weeks 6-9 ascend

- L1 spinal level

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16
Q

Bladder development is from the ___

A
  • cloaca
17
Q

What are the 2 divisions of the cloaca?

A
  • urogenital sinus

- anal canal

18
Q

The urogenital sinus is formed from___ and develops into____

A
  • from the cloaca

- to the bladder

19
Q

What is the primitive bladder initially drained by?

A
  • allantois
20
Q

What forms the trigone?

A
  • as bladder develops it absorbs parts of mesonephric ducts
21
Q

Mesonephric duct role in males and females?

A
  • male –> ejaculatory duct

- females –> degenerates