neural embryology Flashcards
neural development - process
notochord induces overlying ectoderm to differentiate neuroectoderm and form neural plate —> Neural plate give rise to neural tube and neural crest cells / notochord becomes nucleous pulposus of intervertebral disc in adults
neural development - notochord induces
overlying ectoderm to differentiate neuroectoderm and form neural plate
Neural plate give rise to
neural tube and neural crest cells
neural development - parts of neural tube
alar plate (dorsal): sensory basal plate (ventral): motor SAME ORIENTATION AS SPINAL CORD
from notochord to neural tube - time
day 18-day 21
…. give rise to neural tube and neural crest cells
Neural plate
regional specifications of developing brain - at the beginning - vesicles (number) (cavities)
3 (three primary vesicles)
regional specifications of developing brain - three primary vesicles - parts (Walls)
- forebrain (prosencephalon)
- Midbrain (mesencephalon)
- Hindbrain (rhomboencephalon)
regional specifications of developing brain - five primary vesicles - parts (arises from)
- Telencephalon (forebrain)
- Diencephalon (forebrain)
- Mesencephalon (Midbrain)
- Metencephalon (Hindbrain)
- Myelencephalon (Hindbrain)
regional specifications of developing brain - forebrain (prosencephalon) gives rise to
- Telencephalon
2. Diencephalon
regional specifications of developing brain - Midbrain (mesencephalon) gives rise to
Mesencephalon
regional specifications of developing brain - Hindbrain (rhomboencephalon) gives rise to
- Metencephalon
2. Myelencephalon
telencephalon - adults derivatives (wall and cavity)
wall: cerebral hemisphere
cavity: lateral ventricles
diencephalon - adults derivatives (wall and cavity)
wall: thalamus + hypothalamus
cavity: third ventricle
mesencephalon - adults derivatives (wall and cavity)
wall: midbrain
cavity: aqueduct
metencephalon - adults derivatives (wall and cavity)
wall: pons and cerebellum
cavity: upper part of fourth ventrivle
myelencephalon - adults derivatives (wall and cavity)
wall: medulla
cavity: lower part of fourth ventricle
neuroectoderm give rise to … (cells)
- CNS neurons
- ependymal cell
- oligodendroglia
- astrocytes
neural crest give rise to … (cells)
- PNS neurons
2. Schwann cells
mesoderm give rise to … (cells)
microglia
neural tube defects - mechanism
Nuropores fail to fuse (4th week) –> persistent connection between amnionic cavity and spinal canal
neuropoles fuse (when)
4th week
causes of neural tube defects
low folic acid intake before conception and during pregnancy
neural tube defects - labs
- increased a-fetoprotein (AFP) in amniotic fluid and maternal serum (except spina bifida occulta)
- increased acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in amniotic fluid in amniotic fluid (helpful confirmatory test)
neural tube defects - increased acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in amnionic fluid - mechanism
fetal acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in CSF transudates across defect into amniotic fluid
neural tube defects - increased in maternal blood and in amnitotic fluid
- a-fetoprotein (AFP) –> both maternal blood and amniotic fluid
- acetylcholinesterase (AChE) –> only amniotic fluid
Spina bifida occulta - mechanism
failure of spinal canal to close but no stractural herniatiion, and intact dura –> associated with tuft of hair or skin dimple at level of bony defect
Spina bifida occulta - area
usually at lower vertebral levels
Spina bifida occulta - lab
normal AFP
Spina bifida occulta - clinical appearance
it is associated with tuft of hair or skin dimple at level of bony defect