Developmental Biology in Humans Flashcards
1
Q
What is gastrulation
A
movement of cells into the blastula to become a gastrula to form the mesoderm and endoderm- outer layer is ectoderm
2
Q
what is neurulation
A
formation of the brain- only vertebrates have a neural crest
3
Q
what is somitogenesis
A
formation of bones, muscles and dermis
- paired balls of mesoderm- which are formed from strips of paraxial mesoderm flanking the notochord
4
Q
what builds a face
A
branchial arches and placodes
