Third Exam Flashcards
What parts of the developing embryo are part of the ectodermal layer
neural tube
What does the neural tube develop into
CNS and some PNS
What cell activities occur during ectodermal organs formation
multiplyin, migrating, changing shape
What composes the CNS
brain and spinal cord
What parts of the PNS does the ectodermal layer compose
neurons connecting CNS with skin, muscles, ect
What are the 3 sources of ectoderm
original layer, scattered ectoderm cells, and the neural tub
how many neurons make up the nervous system
100,000,000,000
How many glial cells make up the nervous system
1,000,000,000,000
how many neurons are made within a minute
250,000
What does the development of the spinal cord start off with
neural tube is a single layer
What type of cells compose the neural tube
neuroepithelial cells
What kind of cell potency do the neuroepithelial cells have
pluripotent stem cells
What kind of capacity for proliferation do the neuroepithelial cells have
virtually unlimited self-renewal and generation of more committed progenitor cells
neuroblasts with continued proliferation produce what
neurons
Glioblasts produce what
glial cells
what determines which progenitors and ultimate fates
timing and induction by the combination of growth factors at the present time
what determines the timing of cells
it switches which it makes more at different times
how does induction signal changes
growth factors and neurotrophic factors
does the neural tube exist in an adult
yes
where does the neural tube exist in an adult
the lumen of spinal cord
Do neuroepithelial stem cells persist in the adult
yes allowing for cell replacement/ capacity for regeneration
Are there neuroblast and glial blast cells in adults
yes, but limited capacity
What is the idea for figuring out NTF and alzheimers
in figuring out the right NTF, we could stimulate them to regenerate faster
What happens initially to the neural tub
neuroblasts move out from the tube to some distance and stop
Why do the cells stop
they have congregated in a thick layer
What is this layer called
mantle layer
What occurs to the cells in the mantle layer
they eventually stop dividing and sprout numerous extensions
What are these extensions called
neurites
What do the neurites extension form
axon and dendrites
What occurs after neurites are formed
another round of division occurs by the neural tube
What does the second round of division produce
glioblasts
What do the glioblasts do after being formed
travel through mantle layer to marginal layer where they wrap around the axons
As they wrap axon what do they make
oligodendrocytes
What do oligodendrocytes make
myelin
What color is myelin
white matter
The marginal layer forms what layer
white layer
What is the gray layer
mantle layer
Why is the mantle layer gray
no myelin
What other thing do some of the glioblasts develop into. What is the second glial cell
astrocytes
What do astrocytes make
meninges
What do microglia do
they are scattered through adults and are the immune system of the nervous system
What is the third glial cell
microglia
What produces microglia cells
cells come from mesenchyme of mesoderm, not glialblasts
as more cells are added, cells in the gray matter form what
layers
what direction of the embryo do these layers form
dorsal ventral axis
What occurs to the white and gray matter during embryogenesis
increase in thickness as the cells proliferati
What does the thickening of the white and gray matter cause/create
fissures in the spinal cord
Along with the astrocytes, what other cell forms a protective layer around the spinal cord
mesenchymal cells
What are the protective layer around the spinal cord called
meninges
The layers in the gray matter are arranged how
functional flow of neurons in the reflex arc
What causes the neurons to form the reflex arc/ layers of the gray matter
overlapping gradients of inducers
What are the two chemical inducers involved in the formation of the reflex arc
SHH molecule and BMP4
What produces SHH molecule
notocord and floor plate
What does SHH stand for
sonic hedge hog
What does SHH signal
motor neuron development
What produces BMP4
roof plate and dorsal ectoderm
What does BMP4 signal
development of sensory neurons
Cells that don’t receive any signaling/ or equal parts of mixed signaling develop into what
the default pathway of creating interneurons
How are the fissures created
cells piling up on the side and those cells on the dorsal later side not dividing
What is a chief difference of the development of the brain from the spinal cord
lumen of neural tube expands into tunnels (not tube)
extra proliferation of cells in certain regions
some invagination and evagination occur
some mantle cells migrate through white marginal layer to form a new outermost layer
What are the tunnels created by lymen of neural tube expansion
ventricles
What do the ventricles of the brain contain
cerebral spinal fluid
What does the extra proliferation of cells in certain regions create
lobes of brain
What does the invagination and evagination occurring create
sulci and gyri (ridges and grooves)
The spinal cord has how many layers of gray and white matter
2 (one of each)
What layer is the white layer
outside layer
What layer is the gray layer
inside/ most central layer
In the brain, how many layers are there
3
What are the three layers of the brain
mantle layer, marginal, and cortex
Is the cortex layer gray or white matter
gray
Why is the cortex layer a gray layer
cell bodies and nuclei are present
What occurs to the anterior head end of the neural tube
cell proliferation
What does cell proliferation produce
3 bulges
What are the 3 bulges
prosencephalon
mesencephalon
rhombencephalon
What does the prosencephalon produce
front brain
What does the mesencephalon produce
middle brain
What does the rhombencephalon produce
hind brain
What part of the PNS is produced by the ectoderm
efferent and motor axons which exit the spinal cord
Where do the efferent and motor axons exit the spinal cord
through the intervertebral foramina via its ventral roots
How many pairs of spinal nerves are ther
31
What do the 3 primary bulges give rise to
secondary bulges
What does the prosensephalon give rise to
telencephalon
What does the mesencephalon give rise to
diencephalon
What does the rhombenceophalon give rise to
metencephaon and myelencephalon
What does the telencephalon give rise to
far brain
What composes the far brain
cerebrum
What does the diencephalon produce
across brain
What composes the across brain
thalamus, hypothalamus, optic cup,
What is the optic cup
an evaginated area
What is the optic cup involved in functionally
making the retina of the eye, makes only the retina not the other parts.
Why does the optic cup development from the ectoderm/brain make sense
retina is composed of neurons and optic nerve that directly connects to the brain
What does the myelencephalon produce
spinal cord brain
What is the spinal cord brain
medulla
What does the metencephalon produce
after brain
What composes the after brain
cerebellum
Where do neural crest cells originate
stranded cells, cells from the crests of neural fold at he junction of the neural plate, and the epidermal ectoderm
Where do the stranded cells come from
when the neural tube fuse, the neural plate to neural plate expresses n-cam and epidermis to epidermis express e-cadherin. cells that do not express either are stranded
What properties do neural crest cells express
stem cell properties
What are the 3 movements that neural crest cells perform
dorsolateral movement
dorsoventral movement
some stay in the vicinity
How do neural crest cells gain movement ability
lose their connections and adhesiveness to the ectodermal layer and become migratory
What does the dorsolateral movement produce
plug themselves into the epidermis to get melanocytes
What do cells undergoing dorsoventral movement produce
develop into different organs
What happens to the cells that remain close to the neural tube
aggregate into the dorsal root ganglia
What is the first blood vessel created
dorsal aorta
How do we determine what cell fates these cells have
injecting with dye and see where the cells end up
What are the different fates of the neural crest cells
sensory neurons and glial cells of PNS nose and ear cartilage some facial bones epithelium of cornea teeth dentin layer melanocytes hormone-producing adrenal glands arterial smooth muscle
What 2 hypothesis are there to identify NC Fate
pluripotency idea and selection process idea
What is the pluripotency idea
all neural crest cells are pluripotent, it just ended up in that location and became that
The pluripotency idea says fate is determined when
in the end
What is the selection process idea
neural crest cells fate are determined at the start, they have been programmed since the beginning
What idea supports the process of neural crest fate
both, mixture of both ideas
Why do cells migrate in a certain direction
correct SAM and substrate molecules
soluble chemotactic factors, CTF receoptors
What does SAM allow
allows cells with correct SAM to follow the path of substrate to where it is suppose to be
What does having the right neurotrophic factor allow
chemotaxis occurs and cell moves in right direction of hishest concentration, cells have specific neurotrophic factors
What neurotrophic factor develops melanocytes
steel
What secretes steel
epidermis cells
What factor develops neural crest cells into enteric ganglion
GDNF
What produces GDNF
gut endoderm
What is the funcion of enteric ganglion
coordinates intestinal motility
What is a problem associated with mutated GDNF
Hirschspung Disease in birds
What is another name for Hirschspung Disease
congenital megacolon
What occurs due to mutated GDNF
serious enteric obstruction and distention due to no enteric ganglia
What are ectodermal placodes
patches, islands, of ectoderm formed by the cells taking on columnar, less flat shape
Where are ectodermal placodes found
regions of the developing head
How many ectodermal placodes are there
3 pairs (6 total)
What causes the formation of ectodermal placodes
induced by the underlying parts of the developing brain
What are the 3 placodes
otic
lens
nasal
What do placodes make
paired structures like eyes, ears, nostrils
What does the otic placode produce
inner ear
What chemical morphogen causes the production of the otic placode
FGF19 and Wnt8c
What produces FGF19 and Wnt8c
underlying rhombencephalon of the developing brain
What occurs to the cells that receive the chemical morphogens
they get taller and invaginate
What occurs to the invagination of the otic pit
otic pit deepens, and the edges of the pit fuse together
What does this fusion of the edges produce
vesicle
What occurs to the vesicle with time
as the cell multiply, the vessicle become short elongated tube
What is this short elongated tube eventually become
cochlea and semicircular canals
the cochlea and semicircular canals make up what
the inner ear
What functional role does the cochlea make up
hearing
What functional role do the semicircular canals make up
equilibrium
What occurs immediately following the invagination that leads to vesicle
the pit closes up
What happens after the pit closes up
it reinvaginates
What does the reinvagination produce
the external ear canal
How is the middle ear formed
the endoderm of the pharynx evaginates to connect to the middle ear
What does this connection create
ecto endo meeting point
Where do the bones of the ear come from
the mesoderm
What does the lens placode produce
the eye
What induces the formation of the eye
optic cup from the diencephalon
What occurs first following induction
invagination to produce lens vessicle.
Cells on the ventral side of the vesicle are what
stem cells
What do these stem cells do
multiply to produce layers upon each other, “onion like” layers
What occurs following proliferation
the lens vesicle induces the optic cup to surround the vesicle
What type of interaction do the lens vesicle and optic cup have
reciprocal interaction/ coordination
What occurs when the optic cup surrounds the lens vesicle
lens has been eye
How does the optic cup surround the lens vesicle
new layers of cells continue to form around the lens
Why is it important that the optic cup stops proliferating at some point
so it doesnt cover completely to leave an opening for the pupil