Embryology US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Embryology Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 61: What adult parenchymal structures are derived from the embryonic forebrain?
Answer: cerebral hemispheres, thalamus
Flashcard 62: List the secondary vesicles of the developing brain.
Answer: telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon
Flashcard 63: List the primary vesicles of the developing brain.
Answer: forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain
Flashcard 64: What is the role of the notochord in neural development?
Answer: induces overlying ectoderm to differentiate into neuroectoderm and form neural plate; becomes nucleus pulposus of IV discs
Flashcard 65: What are the two embryological buds that form the pancreas?
Answer: Dorsal pancreatic bud and Ventral pancreatic bud
Extra: The pancreas originates from two buds of the foregut endoderm:
1. **Dorsal pancreatic bud** (largest): Forms the body, tail, isthmus, and superior part of the head.
2. **Ventral pancreatic bud**: Forms the uncinate process and the inferior part of the head.
The ventral bud rotates around the duodenum to fuse with the dorsal bud.
Flashcard 66: The pancreas develops from the what division of the embryological gut?
Answer: foregut
Flashcard 67: What normally happens at the 10th week of embryonic development with respect to the midgut?
Answer: Midgut returns to abdominal cavity and rotates around SMA.
Flashcard 68: What normally happens at the 6th week of embryonic development with respect to the midgut?
Answer: Midgut herniates through umbilical ring
Flashcard 69: Congenital hydrocele ("communicating hydrocele") occurs due to incomplete obliteration of the _____ (infants)
Answer: processus vaginalis
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Flashcard 70: During which week of gestation is the bilaminar disc (of epiblast and hypoblast) formed?
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Answer: Week 2
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