Lec 01A- CNS Development and Brain Divisions Flashcards
What are the 3 stages of neural tube development?
- neural plate
- neural folds
- neural tube
Where is the neural groove located?
between the neural folds
When does the nervous system form?
End of 2nd week - End of 8th week
What does the trophoblast form?
placenta
What is the part of the trophoblast that remains cellular?
cytotrophoblast
What causes the trophoblast for form lacunae?
syncytiotrophoblast
What does the embryonic disc form?
notochord
What does the notochord form?
neural plate (thickened embryonic ectoderm)
After how many days does the neural plate, primitive node, and primitive streak form?
19 days
After how many days do the neural fold, neural groove, and somites form?
20 days
After how many days do the Anterior and Posterior neuropore form?
23 days
Superior/Anterior/Cranial neuropore closes by day _______
27
Inferior/Posterior/Caudal neuropore closes by day ________
30
What are the 2 subdivisions of the neural tube?
- Tripartite brain
- Pentapartite brain
What does the cranial end of the neural tube form?
brain
What does the caudal end of the neural tube form?
spinal cord
What are the 3 divisions of the Tripartite brain?
- Prosencephalon (forebrain)
- Mesencephalon (midbrain)
- Rhombencephalon
What are the 5 divisions of the Pentapartite brain?
- Telencephalon (prosencephalon)
- Diencephalon (prosencephalon)
- Mesencephalon
- Metencephalon (rhombencephalon)
- Myelencephalon (rhombencephalon)
Pentapartite brain telencephalon lumina
lateral ventricles I and II
Pentapartite brain telencephalon floor
- basal ganglia
- olfactory lobes and nerves
Pntapartite brain telencephalon roof
cerebral hemispheres
Pentapartite brain diencephalon lumen
3rd ventricle
Pentapartite brain diencephalon roof
epithalamus
Pentapartite brain diencephalon walls
thalamus
Pentapartite brain diencephalon floor
- hypothalamus
- infundibulum
Pentapartite brain mesencephalon lumen
cerebral aqueduct of Sylvius
Pentapartite brain mesencephalon roof (Tectum)
- Superior colliculi
- Inferior colliculi