Human Development #3 Flashcards
What are the main events of the 3rd and 4th weeks of development?
Gastrulation and neurulation
Gastrulation
Formation of the 3 primary germ layers
Neurulation
Formation of the neural tube, which becomes the CNS
Which cells give rise to 3 1º germ layers?
Epiblasts
Ectoderm
Outer layer; derivitives= epidermis and nervous system
Mesoderm
Middle layer; derivitives= muscles, bones, organs, support tissues, etc.
Endoderm
Inner layer; derivatives =. G.I. Lining, lower res. Tract, urogenital tracts
Epithelial cells characteristics
- Polarized
- apical and basal surfaces
Attached to extra cellular matrix (ecm)
Mesenchymal cell characteristics
- Apolar in e.c.m
- surrounded by (ecm)
- migrate through the E.C. M
Epithelial to mesenchymal transformation
Key for pattern formation/ reorganization of cells
When does gastrulation begin and end?
Beginning in early 3rd week; resolving by end of 4th week
What structure directs gastrulation?
Primitive streak
What ingresses through primitive streak?
Epiblasts
First wave of epiblast ingression
Epiblasts replace hypoblasts to form ENDODERM; mesenchyme => endoderm
Second wave of epiblast ingression
Epiblasts fill in the middle space to form MESODERM; mesoderm does not equal mesenchyme
3rd wave of epiblast ingression
Epiblasts that do not migrate form ectoderm; epiblasts do not equal ectoderm
Primitive streak
Thickening of epiblasts; establishes cranio-caudal axis and drives cranio-caudal development
Which orientation are epiblasts
Dorsal
Which orientation are hypoblasts?
Ventral
At which end does the oropharyngeal membrane form?
Cranial
Where does the cloacal membrane form?
Caudal; caudal to primitive streak
Where does primitive streak form?
Toward caudal axis, but cranial to the cloacal membrane
Components of primitive streak?
Primitive groove, primitive node cranially
What process must epiblasts of the primitive groove undergo before ingression?
Epithelial to mesenchymal transformation followed by transformation back to epithelial after reaching destination
What germ layer spreads through embryoblast?
Mesoderm
What forms the notochord?
Midline mesoderm
________ migrates __________ to reach the extra embryonic mesoderm
Mesoderm; laterally
Mesoderm migrates cranially to form the __________ region
Cranially, cranial to oropharyngeal membrane