Neurulation

Question 1

When does the transformation of the neural plate into the neural tube take place?

Answer 1

Day 20

Question 2

True or False -

The neural crest cells are the cell bodies in the longitudinal column of cells that formed dorsolateral to the neural tube. Along the developing spinal cord segments, these cells provide the neurons that form the spinal ganglia at each segment.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What happens if the caudal neuopore doesn’t close during embryogenesis?

Answer 3

Spina bifida occulta: failure of caudal neuropore to close. Genetic disposition and deficient in folate.