Intro 29: Development of neural tube and somites and embryo folding Flashcards
what is NEURULATION
formation of NEURAL TUBE
when does NEURULATION take place
WEEK 3 AND 4
How many stages of NEURULATION
4
What is the 1st stage of NEURULATION
transformation of ectoderm into THICKENED NEURAL PLATE
what does the Notochord do in relation to the Neural Plate
Supports neural plate
2nd stage of NEURULATION
ELONGATION of NEURAL PLATE
- shaping so becomes narrower and longer
3rd stage of NEURULATION
(lateral) FOLDING of neural plate into NEURAL FOLDS
4th stage of NEURULATION
FUSION of neural folds to form NEURAL TUBE
(fusion of the two most lateral apical surfaces of the neural folds)
what is also happening simultaneously with NEURULATION at Day 18-21 (week 3)
NOTOCHORD FORMATION
As the NOTOCHORD ELONGATES, the neural plate…
NEURAL PLATE BROADENS and EXTENDS to the OROPHARYNGEAL MEMBRANE (future site of oral cavity) in CRANIAL end of embryo
on approx DAY 18, the NEURAL PLATE…
INVAGINATES along its central axis to form the NEURAL GROOVE
by the end of the 3rd week (DAY 21) the lateral edges of the NEURAL PLATE become…
elevated to form NEURAL FOLDS
at DAY 19 what can you see at DORSAL end of embryo
NEURAL PLATE
NEURAL GROOVE
primitive streak
primitive node
at DAY 20 what can you see at DORSAL end of embryo
NEURAL FOLD
neural groove
primitive streak
SOLOMITES
Derivatives of the ECTODERM
NEUROECTODERM
-NEURAL TUBE
-NEURAL CREST
SURFACE ECTODERM
how is the NEURAL CREST formed
Masses of cells DETACH themselves from the lateral side of the NEURAL PLATE
and form the NEURAL CREST
(neural crest cells migrate into mesoderm
Neural Crest gives rise to…
melanocytes, iris muscle and pigment cells, chromaffin cells of the adrenal
medulla, connective tissue of H&N glands etc.
How is the neural tube formed
By the end of the third week, the neural folds have begun to move together and fuse,
converting the neural plate into a neural tube
NEURAL TUBE soon SEPARATES from the SURFACE ECTODERM.
what then happens to the surface ectoderm
SURFACE ECTODERM
- fuses
-DIFFERENTIATES into EPIDERMIS of the SKIN
when is NEURULATION completed
4th week
what causes the changes in the ectoderm
signals from the notochord
around day 23:
Until the fusion is complete, the cranial (cephalic) and caudal ends of the NEURAL TUBE COMMUNICATE with the AMNIOTIC CAVITY by way of the…
anterior (cranial) and posterior (caudial)
NEUROPORES
when do we have CLOSING of the CRANIAL NEUROPORE
approx DAY 25
when do we have CLOSING of the CAUDAL NEUROPORE
approx DAY 28
upon CLOSURE of the CAUDAL NEUROPORE on DAY 28, the embryo has established..
caudally:
rudimentary SPINAL CORD
cranially:
BRAIN VESICLES
the NEURAL TUBE is the basis for the…
entire CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM