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mesencephalon -
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somatic efferent nuclei of cranial nerve III and IV supplying muscles of eye;
- coordination of vision and hearing - cerebral peduncles |
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diencephalon
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thalamus and hypothalamus, retina, posterior pituitary gland, pineal gland
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5 vesicles:
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telencephalon
mesencephalon diencephalon metencephalon myelencephalon: |
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Neural tube differentiation in D-V axis
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1.Alar plate - dorsal SENSORY - afferent (interneurons)
3. Sulcus limitans 2. Basal plate - ventral MOTOR - efferent (motoric neurons) |
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Basal plate kind of neurons?
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ventral MOTOR - efferent
motoric neurons! |
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Alar plate kind of neurons?
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dorsal SENSORY - afferent
interneurons! |
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Peripheral nervous system
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• cranial nerves
• spinal cord nerves • spinal ganglia • ganglia of cranial V, VII, IX, X nerves • autonomic ganglia: sympathetic and parasympathetic |
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Proteins which play main role in the regulation of human development:
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transcription factors, signaling proteins
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transcription factors do? Examples:
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regulate genes expression
1. homeodomene 2. zinc finger |
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signaling proteins do? Example
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– influence on other cells
GF-β family (transforming growth factor) BMP1-9 (bone morphogenetic proteins) FGF family (fibroblast growth factor) Shh Notch |
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Retinoic acid (RA) is the active form of?
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vitamin A
Has many developmental functions e.g. regulates expression of HOX genes, influences neural tube and limbs differentiation |
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Eye develops from
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Neuroectoderm of forebrain
Surface ectoderm Mesenchyme from NCC |
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neural retina becomes? (3)
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1. Rods and cones (photoreceptors)
2. Bipolar neurones 3. Ganglion cells - axons form optic nerve |
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2 structures of Ciliary body:
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a) epithelium - optic cup layers
b) stroma - connective tissue muscles come from mesenchyme ( accomodation) |
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Structures of Iris? (4)
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- epithelium (optic cup layers)
- stroma (mesenchyme) - dilator of pupillae and sphincter pupillae muscles are from neuroectoderm of the optic cup (control diameter of the pupill) - melanocytes |
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Vitreous body forms in the cavity of the optic cup and secrete?
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- colagen fibers
- glucosaminoglicans e.g. hyaluronic acid |
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Vitreous body are from what types of cell?
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mesenchyme cells
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Hyaloid artery ?
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degenarates in vitreous body;
central artery of retina |
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Axons of ganglion cells of retina at 8th week froms?
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Optic nerve
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PITUITARY GLAND consist of?
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anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis)
posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis) - |
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anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis) main structure?
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Rathke’s pouch
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posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis) - main structure?
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infundibulum
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infundibulum is?
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cells from neuroectoderm,
Froms the floor of the diencephalon |
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Rathke’s pouch
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cells from ectoderm
froms stomodeal roof |
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both ectodermal primordia fuse at?
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8th week
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Main hormons of PITUITARY GLAND
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STH (somatotropin;growth hormone),
ACTH (adrenocorticotropin) then LH, FSH begins |
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INHIBITION OF GONADOLIBERINE SECRETION REGULATES CIRCADIAN RYTHMS
Do by which hormone? |
MELATONIN -
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Anencephaly,
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absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development.
It is a cephalic disorder that results from a neural tube defect that occurs when the rostral (head) end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the 23rd and 26th day of conception. |
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Meningoencephalocele
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protrusion of both meninges (membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord) and brain tissue through a defect in the skul
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Spina bifida
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developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete closing of the embryonic neural tube.
If the opening is large enough, this allows a portion of the spinal cord to protrude through the opening in the bones |
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Most common form of spin bifida?
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Myelomeningocele
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Myelomeningocele
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This type of spina bifida often results in the most severe complications.
In individuals with myelomeningocele, the unfused portion of the spinal column allows the spinal cord to protrude through an opening. The meningeal membranes that cover the spinal cord form a sac enclosing the spinal elements. |
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myelocele is a part of what?
What happens? |
spin bifida
the open neural plate is covered secondarily by epithelium and the neural plate has spread out onto the surface. |
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Holoprosencephaly
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the prosencephalon (the forebrain of the embryo) fails to develop into two hemispheres.
in most cases of holoprosencephaly, the malformations are so severe that babies die before birth |
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Wall of ”embryo” at 18 days?
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Amnion
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The neural groove is within?
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Neural plate
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Lateral to neural groove and posterior to Neural plate?
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Somites (square structures in the middle)
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Primitive streak ”opens” after?
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22 days, same time as neural groove
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Wall of neural plate?
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Neural fold
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Neural tube - Anterior neuropore closed at?
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25-26 days
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Neural tube - Posterior neuropore closed at?
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27-28 days
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Anterior/Posterior neuropore are?
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Located at the front and back of Neural tube, Front is more wide
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2/3 of Neural tube differentiation into?
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neural plate (brain)
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1/3 of Neural tube differentiation into?
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Spinal cord
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flexures of neural plate?
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midbrain, cervical,pontine
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Neural tube is divided into:
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prosomeres (forebrain) rhombomeres (hindbrain)
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Cells in the cranial part of neural tube proliferate - after 4th week we have?
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3 vesicles:
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3 vesicles after 4th week?
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Forebrain - (prosencephalon),
Midbrain - (mesencephalon), Hindbrain - (rhombencephalon) |
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Optics comes from?
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Forebrain
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After how long do we have 5 vesicles?
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6 weeks
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What kind of cells come directly from mesenchyme cells?
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microglial cells
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Neurons comes from?
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neuroblasts
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The three main cell types from glioblasts:
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oligodendro cytes,astrocytes,ependym ocytes
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neuroepithelium leads to two diffent cell types:
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glioblasts and neuroblasts
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neuroepithelium comes from?
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mesenchyme
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The ventricles are lined by?
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ependymal epithelium and filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
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CSF is formed in?
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choroid plexuses.
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Mesenchyme surrounding neural tube forms?
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meninges:
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Neurogenesis:
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Proliferation and differentiation of cells.
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Cells in the neural tube proliferate into:
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neuroepithelium
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The brain cortex has six layers - which migrate first?
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the most inner migrate first.
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Neuroblasts migrate on?
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the radial cells
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In the migration adhesion molecules play significant role - example?
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N-cadherin
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Neuroblasts migrate from ?? toward the?
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from ventricular zone to the periphery forming layers in the brain cortex and cerebral cortex.,
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Neurons loose ability to proliferation - when?
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during the fetal time.
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Histogenesis of brain cortex - After 1-2 months we have?
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Primitive cortex
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Histogenesis of brain cortex - After 3-7 months we have?
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neocortex
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Histogenesis of brain cortex - After 1-2 months what happens
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cell proliferate and migrate; layers formation
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Histogenesis of brain cortex - After 7 months what happens?
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neurons specialization
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Glial cells have ability to proliferation during?
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postnatal time.
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This growth is under influence of many factors e.g:
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NGF (nerve growth factor) secreted by target cells e.g. muscles.
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the outgrowth of axons and dendrites starts when?
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When neurones take theirs final position
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Adhesion molecules e.g. ??? are involved in the process of?
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N-, E-cadherins -> neurites movement.
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From day 28 (week 4) we have Motoric neurones with/without?
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”Clean”, without axons or any outgrowths
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after 33 days we have Motoric neurones with/without?
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Axones growth into myotomes
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Axons of motoric neurones comes when?
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after 30 days
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Myelination of nervous fibres in the peripheral nervous system(PNS): By which cells?
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lemmocytes (from NCC)
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Myelination of nervous fibres in the peripheral nervous system(PNS): when?
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4th month fetus
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Myelination of nervous fibres in the central nervous system: By which cells?
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oligodendrocytes (neural tube)
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Myelination of nervous fibres in the central nervous system: When?
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7 mouth fetus to two year old child
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Brain weight after birth is about?
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1/4 final weight,
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Two types of Cells of ganglia?
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Uni and Multipolar neuron
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level of the end of the spinal cord - 8 weeks:
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End of spinal column, (end of coccyx)
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level of the end of the spinal cord - week 24 weeks:
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S1
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level of the end of the spinal cord - newborn:
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L3
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level of the end of the spinal cord - adult:
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L1
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Shh stands for?
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sonic hedgehog
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One of the most important signaling protein in development is?
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shh
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shh Secreted by?
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notochord, primitive node, floor plate in the nervous system.
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Morphogen is a?
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a signaling molecule that acts directly on cells produce specific cellular responses dependent on morphogen concentration.
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Morphogen gradients generate?
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different cell types
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Examples of morphogens:
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Shh,
BMP (D-V neural tube differentiation) retinoic acid (RA) |
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Most important gene in eye development?
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Pax-6
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22 days what happens in eye development?
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optic groove : evagination of the forebrain (diencephalon)
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5 weeks what happens in eye development?
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optic cup inner layer-Retina outer layer-pigmented epithelium of retina
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Retina differentiation time?
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9 - 25 weeks
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Inner layer - proliferation of cells 4/5 into?
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neural retina
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Inner layer - proliferation of cells 1/5 into?
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epithelium of iris and ciliary body
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Outer layer - developes into?
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pigmented epithelium of retina
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Lens placode 4th week - what happens?
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optic vesicle induces lens formation
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What happens with lens after 5 weeks?
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connection with surface ectoderm is lost
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three major parts of lens?
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Lens placode, Lens pit, Lens vesicle:
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Lens formation -7 weeks - what happens?
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cells from posterior wall of lens vesicle elongate in the anterior epithelium direction to form primary lens fibers
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Anterior epithelium of lens consist of?
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one layer cuboidal epithelium
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The first choroidal blood vessels appear during?
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15th week; by 22nd week arteries and veins are well visible.
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begining of development of cornea - when?
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10th week
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Three cell types of cornea at 15 weeks?
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surface ectoderm, mesenchyme, neural crest cells
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Growth hormone is secreted from?
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10th week, the rest from 12th week.
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cytodifferentiation of cells producing hormones happens when?
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8th week
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SUPRARENAL GLANDS are also called?
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ADRENAL
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SUPRARENAL GLANDS - what happens at week 5?
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cells from mesothelium (lateral mesoderm) proliferate, migrate and form the fetal cortex - large acidophilic cells
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SUPRARENAL GLANDS - what happens at week 8?
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migration of neural crest cells (NCC) to the medial side of the fetal cortex to form medulla.
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SUPRARENAL GLANDS - what happens at week 12?
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next wave of mesodermal cells surrounding the fetal cortex differentiate into permanent cortex - lower basophilic (alkaliphilic) cells
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Permanent cortex in the fetal period secretes mainly?
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GLUCOCORTICOIDS (e.g. cortisol).
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Hormones necessary to maturation of: lungs liver and epithelium of the digestive tract. -
secreated by which gland? |
ADRENAL gland
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In the fetus the cortex of adrenal glands consists of? %
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, 80% of these glands mass
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At 5th month its weight of adrenal gland is?
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4g and production of hormones is 200mg/day
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The fetal adrenal cortex produces a?
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precursor for the steroid hormones synthesis by the placenta.
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PINEAL GLAND (EPIPHYSIS) - what happens at 7th week?
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diverticulum of the caudal part of the roof of the diencephalon
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PINEAL GLAND (EPIPHYSIS) - what happens after 6 months?
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pinealoblasts and glial cells
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hormones synthesis occurs in the fetal endocrinal glands after?
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12 weeks
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Common hormoms of endocrinal glands?
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thyroid, adrenals, gonads, pancreatic islets.
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telencephalon:
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cerebral hemispheres
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metencephalon:
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pons and cerebellum
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myelencephalon:
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medulla oblongata
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Somites:
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somites are bilaterally paired blocks of mesoderm that form along the anterior-posterior axis of the developing embryo in segmented animals.
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Retina differentiation timeline?
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9 - 25 weeks
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Primordial muscles?
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myotomes
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Sensory nervs come from
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NCC
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Rhombomeres influence?
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Migration of NNC to pharyngeal arches
(where above the neural tube before) |
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Ganglia comes from?
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NCC
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