embryology

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define embryology

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the study of embryos and their development

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pre embryonic stage

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first 2 weeks

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when is the developing human referred to as en embryo

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weeks 3-8

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the pre embryonic and embryonic stage are characterized by

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cell division, migration , and differentiation

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when is a human referred to as a fetus

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from the 9th week of gestation until birth

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when are all organ systems structure ?

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by week 9

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define gastrulation

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cellular rearrangement which involved migration, invagination, and differentiation of the epiblast

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during gastrulation the 2 cell layers become

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3 germ cell layers and the bodily axes in the mature adult are created

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mesoderm

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notochord
musculoskeletal system
muscular layer of stomach
circulatory system

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ectoderm

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epidermis of skin
cornea and lens of eye
nervous system

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when do dermatomyotomes originate

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3rd week of embryogenesis

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after day 20 the mesoderm differentiates into

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44 pairs of semite’s and then change into 31 sets of spinal nerves

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dorsal portion of somites

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comes from dermis , as limbs grow the dermis i stretched and moved down the limb

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ventral portion of somites

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consists of sclerotome, the precursor to the ribs and vertabrae

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during the 4th week of development , the upper limbs buds appear as elevations of

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C5-T1 segments if the anterolateral body wall

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the lower limb buds grow

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laterally from the broader bases formed by the L2-S2 segments

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flex urges occur where

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gaps develop between the precursors of the long bones

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by the end of the 7th week the proximal parts of the upper and lower limbs

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undergo a 90 degree torsion around their long axes but in opposite directions
elbows go caudally and knee cranially

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what is the precursor structures of the limbs

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limb buds

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syndactyly

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represents fusion of two or more digits

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polydactyly

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extra digits , typically occurs bilaterally

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macrodactyly

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enlarged digits

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adactyly

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absence of digits

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ectrodactyly

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“lobster-claw deformity” typically missing middle digit and occurs unilaterally

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amelia

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complete a sense of one or more extremities

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meromelia

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partial absence of one or more extremities

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phocomelia

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shortened lower extremities

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following gastrulation , rudiments of the CNS develop from the ectoderm in the process of

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neurulation

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what vitamin is important to the healthy development of the neural tube and preventing neural tube defects?

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folate one of the vitamin b

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the neural plate border separates thh

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ectoderm from the neural plate

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What is a disorder which two sides of the vertebral arches fail to fuse during development, resulting in an open vertebral canal

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spina bifida

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Spina bifida occulta

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occurs when there is a defect in the vertebral arch of L5 or S1 10% of ppl pt is asymptomatic with a tuft of hair

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meningocele

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large outpouching of the meninges that contains cerebrospinal fluid

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myelomeningocele

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large outpuching of the meninges that is a portion of the spinal cord

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anencephaly

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absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp fetal neural tube defect folic acid failure of neural tube to close at the base of the skull