embryology week three Flashcards
4 events in week 3
gastrulation & primitive streak formation, notochord formation, initial neural tube formation, initial mesodermal differentiation (body tissues)
trilaminar embryonic disk
becomes a 3 layer disk, conversion of bilaminar disk
gastrulation
formation of ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm germ layers
primitive streak
a raised groove on the dorsal surface of the epiblast, gastrulation begins with appearance
endoderm
the first cells to migrate through the primitive streak and displace the underlying hypoblast cells
mesoderm
layer between epiblast and endoderm by epiblast cells
mesenchyme cells
star shaped cells that do not attach to one another, freely migrate within embryo
ectoderm
cells remaining on dorsal surface of embryo
endoderm & ectoderm structure
epithelial tissues, sheets of tightly joined cells
mesoderm structure
mesenchyme tissue that consists of free cells capable of migrating within the embryo
primitive node
a swelling located at the cranial end of the primitive streak
notochord
cellular rod forms from mesodermal and endodermal cells
nucleus pulposus
notochord after birth of the intervertebral discs
neurulation
the developing notochord signals the overlying ectoderm to form the brain and spinal cord
neural plate
ectoderm over the developing notochord thickens
neural groove
inward folding of the neural plate
(hollow) neural tube
deepening of the neural groove, pinched off at the dorsal surface of body
neural crest
external to the closed neural tube, flattened mass formed from ectoderm cells along the sides of the neural tube
3 regions of mesoderm
somites, intermediate mesoderm, lateral plate mesoderm
somites
a series of paraxial mesoderm blocks found closest to the notochord, the first body segments
paraxial
both sides of notochord
intermediate mesoderm
lateral to the paraxial mesoderm, also segmented and attached to each somite
lateral plate mesoderm
never divides into segments, begins as a single layer that quickly splits into two parts and encloses a space
coelom cavity
divides lateral mesoderm layer into two layers: somatic mesoderm, splanchnic mesoderm
somatic mesoderm
next to the ectoderm (outer)
splanchnic mesoderm
next to endoderm (inner)
somatic
think body wall
splanchnic
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