Week 3 Random Flashcards
Where does the implantation usually occurs?
Posterior-Superior side of uterus
When is the implantation complete?
11-12 day because of the plug
What is the organ system that becomes functional by the 8th week?
Cardiovascular
When does the embryo has the shape of a human?
Week 8
What are phases in embryonic development?
growth (mitosis; cell division)
morphogenesis (making structures like heart, liver)
differentiation (maturation of physiological processes)
What are derivatives of ectoderm?
Neuroectoderm that gives rise to all CSN and PSN
Epidermis
What induces neurulation?
Precordal plate and notochord
What is neurulation? Describe steps
Folding creates neural tube
- BMP4 blocked -> prechordal plate and notochord induces neural plate
- neural plate forms neural tube
- fusion from cranial to caudal
- neuphores close cranial 25 caudal 27
- neural crest formation
What is neuropores?
The openings after neurulation (posterior and anterior)
What is neural plate converted after it rolls?
Neural tube
BMP4
BMP4 is blocked allowing induction of neural plate by notochord and prechordal plate
Direction of fusion of neural tube
Cranial to caudal
When does cranial neuropore and caudal neuropore close?
cranial neuropore closes day 25 caudal neuropore closes day 27
What is forming besides neural tube during neurulation?
Neural crest
Neural Crest Cells:
Where do they come from?
Where do they migrate?
What do they become?
from neural folds migrate to mesenchyme form PNS and a lot more:
Connective tissue and bones of the face
Cranial nerve ganglia
C cells of the thryoid gland
Conotruncal septum in the heart
Odontoblasts
Dermins in the face and neck
Spinal (dorsal root) ganglia
Sympathetic chain and preaortic ganglia
Prarasympathetic ganglia of the gastrointestinal tract
Adrenal medulla
Schwann cells
Glial cells
Arachnoid and pia matter
Melanocytes
Define Mesenchyme
It is connective tissue of mesoderm.
What is epidermal covering?
Derivative of ectoderm
epidermis, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, mammary, glands, hair, nails, cornea, anterior pituitary, enamel, internal ear, lens of the eye
What are subdivisions of ectoderm?
Neuroectoderm: CNS, PNS
Ectoderm: epidermis, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, mammary glands, hair, nails, cornea, anterior pituitary, enamel, internal ear, lens of the eye
Name mesoderm parts
Axial
Paraxial
Intermediate
Lateral
Axial mesoderm
Forms notochord cranial
Limited by prechordal plate caudal and caudal eminence
Paraxial mesoder
Somitomeres
in head: somitomeres1-7 + neural plate -> neuromeres -> wonderful thing
in body: somitomeres -> somites
* 3/day can be used as a clock
Which direction do somites grow?
Cranial to caudal
Types of somites
sclerotome cells migrate medially to form bones (vertebrae, ribs, some base of the skull)
dermomyotome dermatome cells migrate under ectoderm to form connective tissue of the skin – dermis myotome cells migrate to form skeletal muscle
What do somites pull with them?
The innvervations of spinal cord











































