Embryology — Flashcards

Flashcard 421: What is the adult derivative of the cavity of the telencephalon? _____

Answer: Lateral ventricles

Flashcard 422: What congenital abnormality arises due to hyperplasia of the frontonasal prominence?_____

Answer: Orbital hypertelorism

Flashcard 423: Tracheal cartilage is derived embryologically from _____.

Answer: splanchnic mesoderm

Extra: The internal lining (epithelium and glands) of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi is derived from **endoderm**.\n\nThe cartilaginous, muscular, and connective tissue components (including the tracheal rings) are derived from **splanchnic (visceral) mesoderm**.

Flashcard 424: The embryonic basal plate gives rise to _____ (motor or sensory) derivatives

Answer: motor

Flashcard 425: What is the embryonic origin of the parathyroid gland and parafollicular C cells? _____

Answer: Parathyroids: Endoderm (3rd & 4th pharyngeal pouches) Parafollicular C cells: Neural crest

Flashcard 426: What week does the vitelline duct normally obliterate? _____

Answer: Week 7

Flashcard 427: _____ uterus is a common anomaly of the uterus due to incomplete resorption of the septum

Answer: Septate

Flashcard 428: What is the most common renal fusion anomaly?

Answer: Horseshoe kidney

Flashcard 429: What is the female remnant of the gubernaculum (2)? _____

Answer: Ovarian ligament + round ligament of uterus

Flashcard 430: On which days following fertilization is the morula formed?_____

Answer: 3-4