Final: Development of Head/Neck II Flashcards
What is the term for enamel forming cells of the tooth?
Ameloblasts
What are the C-shaped bands of oral ectoderm overlying neural crest mesenchyme?
Dental lamina
What are the epithelial downgrowths overlying neural crest mesenchyme?
Tooth bud
What is the stage with the inverted cup-shaped layers of ectoderm capped by stellate reticulum and covering a mass of mesenchyme (dental papilla)
Cap stage
What is the stage with the inverted cup-shaped layers of ectoderm capped by stellate reticulum and covering a mass of mesenchyme (dental papilla)
Cap stage
What is the stage with the cone-shaped primordium covered by stellate reticulum overlying the enamel organ?
Bell stage
What forms the outer most layer of the dental papilla?
Odontoblasts
What is the term for a condensation of mesenchymal cells around the developing tooth which form the cementum & periodontal ligament?
Dental sac
What factor is necessary for tooth development past the bud stage?
Pax-9
_____ inhibits _____ & creates non-tooth-forming spaces.
BMP-4
FGF-8
_____ stimulates production of BMP-4, Shh, & FGF-8 from the dental lamina.
Lef-1
Branching pattern of the salivary glands depends heavily on _____.
Shh
Problems in the abiliy of the prechrodal plate and anterior endoderm to secrete _____ causing defects in the formation of the forebrain is termed what?
Shh
Holoprosencephaly
BMP-4 stimulates _____ to produce a tooth bud>
Msx-1
Presence of _____ in lingual region, suppresses BMP-4/Msx-1 pathway and therefore, tooth formation.
Osr-2