Module 4: Development of the Nervous System, Musculoskeletal System, and Limbs Flashcards

1
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When does development of brain vesicles begin

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-week 5

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Where do brain vesicles begin to form

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-cranial end of neural tube

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3 brain vesicles

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-prosencephalon
-mesencephalon
-rhombencephalon

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Prosencephalon derivatives

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-cerebrum

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Mesencephalon derivatives

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-midbrain

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Rhombencephalon derivatives

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-pons, medulla, cerebellum

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When does brain flexure begin

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-week 5
-same time as development of vesicles

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Where does brain flexure begin

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-cranial end of neural tube

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3 brain flexures

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-midbrain flexure
-cervical flexure
-pontine flexure

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Midbrain flexure

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-first flexure to appear
-in region of mesencephalon

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Cervical flexure

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-second to appear
-at junction between future spinal cord and rhombencephalon

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Pontine flexure

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-third to appear
-when neural tube bends anteriorly at cervical and midbrain flexures, but the pontine flexure is directed posteriorly

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12
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What is the pituitary gland derived from

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-ectoderm that develops from rathkes pouch and infundibulum

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Rathkes pouch

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-ectodermal out-pocketing of developing mouth

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Infundibulum

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-downward extension of the hypothalamus

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Rathkes pouch derivative

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-forms anterior lobe of pituitary gland

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Infundibulum derivative

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-posterior lobe of pituitary gland

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17
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Development of the pituitary gland stages

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-outpocketing
-migration
-regression
-detachment
-differentiation

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Pituitary gland outpocketing

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-infundibulum and rathkes pouch outpocket from hypothalamus and stomodeum

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Pituitary gland migration

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-infundibulum and rathkes pouch migrate towards eachother

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Pituitary gland regression

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-connecting stalk between stomodeum and rathkes pouch regresses

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Pituitary gland detachment

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-rathkes pouch detaches from the stomodeum and becomes associated with the developing posterior pituitary

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Pituitary gland differentiation

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-rathkes pouch differentiates to form anterior pituitary
-meanwhile distal portion of infundibulum differentiates to form posterior pituitary

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23
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Cellular layers of the neural tube

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-ventricular layer
-mantle layer
-marginal layer

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Ventricular layer

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-innermost layer
-lies adjacent to the lumen of neural tube

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What kind of cells does ventricular layer contain

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-neuroepthelial cells
-which are precursors to cells that comprise CNS

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What is the first generation of cells produced by neuroepithelial cells

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-neuroblasts

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Neuroblasts

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-eventually become neurons in the CNS

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Mantle layer

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-once ventricular layer is formed, neuroblasts migrate away to form this layer

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What does mantle layer become

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-grey matter in CNS

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Marginal layer

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-formed from neuronal processes that germinate from neuroblasts

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31
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What does marginal layer become

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-white matter of the CNS

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Spinal cord development

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-proliferation of neuroblasts within ventricular layer causes differential thickening of mantle layer creating alar and basal thickenings

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33
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Where is alar thickening

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-dorsal region

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34
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Where is basal thickening

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-ventral region

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35
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Alar plate

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-grey matter of dorsal half
-separated from eachother by roof plate

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36
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What kind of neurons does alar plate contain

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-sensory

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37
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Basal plate

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-white matter of ventral half
-separated by floor plate

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38
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What kind of neurons does basal plate contain

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-motor neurons

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39
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Sulcus limitans

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-appears in lateral wall of neural tube
-separating it into dorsal and ventral halves throughout future spinal cord and brainstem

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40
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Holoprosencephaly

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-occurs when prosencephalon fails to develop
-can include neurological deficits, seizures, vision and motor difficulties
-craniofacial malformations, reduction of frontonasal prominence

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41
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Which horn do motor nerves emerge from

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-ventral horn

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42
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Which horn do sensory nerves emerge from

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-dorsal horn
-dorsal root ganglion

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43
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Which horn do autonomic nerves emerge from

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-lateral horns

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44
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Formation of motor nerves

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-begins with outgrowth of axons from motor neuroblasts located in basal plate

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45
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Formation of sensory nerves

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-derived from neural crest cells

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46
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Formation of sensory nerve dendrites

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-grow toward nerve cell body

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47
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Formation of sensory nerve axons

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-terminate in the alar plate

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48
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Formation of autonomic nerves

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-similar to sensory nerves, autonomic nerves are also derived from neural crest cells

49
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Ventral pathway development

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-some of the cells travelling ventrally stop migrating as soon as they enter the somite
-these cells give rise to dorsal root ganglia
-cells that tale ventral pathway also form autonomic ganglia

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Discrete peripheral nerves

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-built by channelling neural crest cells through a restricted region of the somite

51
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Hirschsprung’s disease

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-results from the absence of nerve cells in some parts of the large intestine
-incomplete innervation of the smooth muscle layers of gastrointestinal tract

52
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Newborn symptoms of hirschsprungs disease

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-constipation
-bowel obstruction

53
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Somites derivative

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-muscle and bone

54
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Coelom derivative

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-body cavities

55
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How many pairs of somites will be formed from the paraxial mesoderm in week 5

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-42-44

56
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Somite development stages

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-segmentation
-epithelialization

57
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Somite segmentation

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-process of somite formation from paraxial mesoderm

58
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Somite epithelialization

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-once the paraxial mesoderm becomes segmented to form epithelial somites with somitocele cells inside them

59
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2 somite cell groups

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-sclerotome
-dermomyotome

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Sclerotomes

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-formed from ventral portion of somite

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Sclerotomes fate

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-will contribute to cartilage and bone of vertebral column and ribs

62
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Dermomyotomes

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-formed from dorsal part of somite

63
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Dermomyotomes fate

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-gives rise to overlying dermis of back and to the skeletal muscles of the limb

64
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Divisions of dermomyotomes

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-myotomes
-dermatomes

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Myotomes fate

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-will develop into striated muscle

66
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Myotomes divisions

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-dorsal myotome
-ventral myotome

67
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Dorsal myotome fate

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-back musculature

68
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Ventral myotome fate

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-muscle cells of rest of the trunk and limbs

69
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Dermatomes fate

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-form the dermis

70
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Development of skeletal muscle stages

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-dividing myoblasts
-cell alignment
-myotube formation
-muscle fibre formation

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Dividing myoblasts

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-they proliferate in early development if there is enough fibroblast growth factor (FGF) present

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Cell alignment

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-when FGF runs out, myoblasts cease division, and these cells begin to align for myotube formation

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Myotube formation

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-alignment of myoblasts results in structures called myotubes

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Muscle fibre formation

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-myotubes fuse to form a multinucleated muscle fibre

75
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Types of ossification

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-endochondral ossification
-intramembranous ossification

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Endochondral ossification

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-process of forming a bone through a cartilage intermediate

77
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What bones form from endochondral ossification

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-skull base
-vertebral column
-long bones
-pelvis

78
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Intramembranous ossification

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-directly forms bone from mesenchyme

79
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What bones form from intramembranous ossification

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-cranial vault
-maxilla/mandible
-clavicle

80
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Endochondral ossification stages

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-mesenchymal cells
-chondroblasts
-osteoblasts
-continued growth

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Endochondral ossification mesenchymal cells

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-differentiate into chondroblasts that form cartilagenous skeletal precursor of bones

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Endochondral ossification chondroblasts

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-produce hyaline cartilage which resembles future shape of bone

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Endochondral ossification osteoblasts

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-formed from invasion of blood vessels
-restricts chondrocytes to ends of bones
-chondrocytes in shaft of bone mineralize surrounding matrix
-osteoblasts bind to this matrix and deposit bone matrices to form bone tissue

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Endochondral ossification continued growth

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-this process repeats while growth plates continue to elongate into adulthood

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Intramembranous ossification stages

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-osteoblasts
-osteocytes
-spongy bone
-compact bone

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Intramembranous ossification osteoblasts

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-mesenchymal cells differentiate into osteoblasts and are grouped into ossification centres

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Intramembranous ossification osteocytes

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-secrete osteiod and binding of calcium to this osteoid results in hardening of matrix and entrapment of osteoblasts

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What is osteoid

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-unminealized portion of bone matrix that eventually calcifies

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Intramembranous ossification spongy bone

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-osteoid continues to be secreted by osteoblasts around blood vessels forming trabeculae (spongy bone)

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Intramembranous ossification compact bone

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-periosteum is formed when calcified spicules become surrounded by compact mesenchymal cells
-this layer forms superficially to spongy bone

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Development of spinal cord stages

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-migration
-neuronal extension
-division
-resegmentation

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Vertebral column migration

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-cells of sclerotome begin to migrate toward and around notochord and neural tube creating template of vertebrae

93
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Von ebners fissues

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-splits the sclerotome in half

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Vertebral column neuronal extension

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-neural tube neurons extend to innervate nearby myotomes and dermatomes

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Vertebral column division

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-nerves pass through von ebners fissures within each sclerotome to pass through mytotome and dermatome

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Vertebral column resegmentation

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-the bodies of vertebrae form where the sclerotome cells of the caudal part of one somite pair intermingle with the cells of the cranial part of the following pair

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Development of intervertebral discs

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-notochord persists in the region between the adjacent vertebrae as nucleus pulposus
-together with a circular anulus fibrousus the discs are formed

98
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Ascent of the spinal cord

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-vertebral column outgrows the spinal cord and the cord appears to acsend within column
-this is why spinal cord segments for not line up, and how cauda equina is formed

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Parts of the skull

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-viscerocranium
-membranous neurocranium
-chondrocranium

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Viscerocranium

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-bones of face

101
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How is viscerocranium formed

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-first 2 pharyngeal arches

102
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Membranous neurocranium

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-surrounds brain

103
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How is membranous neurocranium formed

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-from neural crest cells and paraxial mesoderm
-formed from intramembranous ossification

104
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Chondrocranium divisions

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-prechordal chondrocranium
-chordal chondrocranium

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How is chondrocranium formed

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-separate cartilages that fuse via endochondral ossification

106
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Limb development stages

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-limb buds
-apical ectodermal ridge
-handplates and footplates

107
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Limb buds

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-outpocketings from body wall, consist of a mesenchyme core covered by ectoderm

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Apical ectodermal ridge

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-distal end ectoderm thickens to form this
-cells from this further differentiate into cartilage and muscle

109
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Handplates and footplates

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-limb buds become flattened to form the handplates and footplates terminally

110
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When do fingers and toes develop on hand and footplates

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-when apoptosis in apical ectodermal ridge separates the plates into 5 parts

111
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Syndactyly

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-when apical ectodermal ridge does not regress, causes 2 or more fingers to be fused (webbed)
-most often only skin connected but can sometimes be bones as well
-treated surgically

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Limb rotation parts

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-upper limb
-lower limb

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Upper limb rotation

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-rotates laterally so that palm of hand faces anteriorly and thumb is on lateral side

114
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Lower limb rotation

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-rotates medially so that big toe is on medial side of foot

115
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Epidermal ridges

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-ridges of epidermis on palms of hands and soles of feet
-what makes up the fingerprint

116
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Volar pads

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-temporary swellings of tissues on ventral surfaces of fingers and toes

117
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When do volar pads regress

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-weeks 10-12

118
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Epidermal ridge patterns

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-loop
-whorl
-arch

119
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Loop epidermal ridge pattern

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-volar pad is intermediate
-results in loop configuration

120
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Whorl epidermal ridge pattern

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-volar pad is high and round
-epidermal ridges form a whorl

121
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Arch epidermal ridge pattern

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-volar pad is low
-epidermal ridges form an arch