Embryology — Flashcards

The ureteric bud is fully canalized by the _____ week of gestation, allowing the metanephros to make urine

Failed vertical fusion of the paramesonephric ducts within the urogenital sinus results in a _____

Does a branchial cleft cyst move during swallowing?_____

The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is derived from _____ tissue

Which form of spina bifida is associated with herniation of meninges (but no neural tissue) through the bony defect? _____

Treacher Collins syndrome is due to _____ dysfuntion (cell type)*bonus-failure of migration to which arch?

The normal fetal epithelium of the upper 1/3rd of the vaginal canal is _____ epithelium

As horseshoe kidneys ascend from the pelvis during fetal development, they get trapped under the _____ artery and remain low in the abdomen

VACTERL syndrome is due to _____ defects

One cause of cretinism is thyroid _____