General Embryology Flashcards

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primordium

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earliest indication of a tissue or an organ during prenatal development

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autocrine regulation of growth factors

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growth factor produced by a cell that recaptures its own products

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paracrine regulation of growth factors

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growth factors synthesized by one cell can diffuse over small distances to induce changes

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endocrine regulation of growth factors

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growth factor produced in one cell travels in the blood to distant locations to act on another cell

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5
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hemeobox genes

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involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development

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what are two results of the primitive streak?

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germ layer formation and bilateral symmetry

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What type of cells invaginate during gastrulation?

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ectodermal cells

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What happens in the transition of epithelial cells to mesenchyme?

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epithelial cells detach from basement membrane and are able to migrate

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neural plate

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central band of cells from cephalic to caudal end. The neural plate thickens and invaginates to form the neural groove

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morula

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solid ball of cells

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blastocyst

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vesicle that implants in the endometrium

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induction

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one group of cells induces another group of cells to change

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proliferation

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control of cellular growth and accumulation of biproducts

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appositional growth

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tissue enlarges its size by the addition of layers on the outside of a structure

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interstitial growth

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growth the occurs deep within a tissue

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differentiation

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change in embryonic cells to become to become distinct structurally and functionally

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morphogenesis

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development of specific tissue structures that lead to increasing complexity of structure and function of cells

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maturation

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attainment of adult function and size

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ectoderm

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epidermis, epithelium, nervous sytem, mammary and cutaneous glands

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endoderm

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respiratory, digestive system lining. live and pancreas

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mesoderm

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dermis, muscles, bone, bone, dentin, blood, cementum, cartilage, reproductive and excritory systems

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HOX genes

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patterning of body axis and anterior posterior polarity

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DLX Genes

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control Proximal and Distal develpment of ectodermal tissues of the branchial arch skeleton

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what is gastrulation

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ectodermal cells invaginate. Mesoblast cells form true embroyonic endoderm and mesoderm.

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mesenchyme

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loose aggregate of unorganized (nonpolar) cells. Can migrate

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neural plate

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central band of cells from cephalic to caudal end. This plate grows and thickens. It becomes deep and invaginates to form the neural groove

27
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teratogens

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environmental factos (drugs, chemical, infections) - involved in congenital malformations

28
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tetracycline

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stains teeth

29
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syphalis can casue

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hutchins incisors or mulburry molars

30
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half life of growth factors

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very short

31
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growth factors are what type of molecule?

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peptides

32
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calcium dependant cell adhesion molecules

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cadherins

33
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calcium independant adhesion molecules

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cam

34
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preimplantation period

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1st week after conception - female ovum is penetrated by sperm and is fertilized = zygote

35
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final stages of meiosis occur where

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during fertilazation, the final stages of meiosis occur in the ovum

36
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mitosis produces

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diploid cells

37
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meiosis produces

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haploid cells

38
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normal humans have how many chromosomes?

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46 (2 haploid cells come together -23 chromosomes each to form a diploid number of 46)

39
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down syndrome

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trisomy 21, estra chromosome 21 is present after meitotic division