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What is the stomodeum?

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Thin barrier that will become the mouth

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Most of the urogenital system is formed from what? What isn’t?

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Intermediate mesoderm

Bladder and urethra

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What is the issue with ectoderm taking over control of regulating limb development?

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It is only one layer thick > easily damaged > damage leads to malformation

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Somites split into 3 layers, what are they called?

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Sclerotome (>bone of axial skeleton)

Myotome (>muscle)

Dermotone (>dermis of skin)

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What is the function of the allantois in most developing mammals?

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Stores nitrogenous waste

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When does the small bowel move out into the body stalk and when does it retract?

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Week 6-7 and week 9 respectively

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What causes sinus invertus?

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Cilia on the primitive node of the primitive groove don’t beat correctly sending TFs and other developmental factors a random direction (instead of right to left)

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Why don’t human use their yolk sack?

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All nutrients are provided the mother

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Where does the urorectal septum lie?

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Between the allantois and hindgut

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What is the 16 cell stage called?

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Morula

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What is the name of the defect where the urogenital folds don’t properly fold?

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Hypospadiasis

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Abnormalities in which broad factors can lead to birth defects?

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Genes

Metabolism - deficiency in requirement

Intrauterine environment

Chromosome

Teratogen

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At what stage is all major organogenesis finished?

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3 months (first trimester)

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What is the name of the cavity in the blastocyst?

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Blastocoele

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What is amelia?

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Absent limb

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What is the most critical period for development of birth defects?

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First month

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What is derived from the intermediate mesoderm?

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Urogenital system

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Why are the pharyngeal arches important?

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Because they go on to form a multitude of different structures in the face and cervical region therefore defects in them have a large impact

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What do neural crest defects result in?

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Cleft palate defects

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Which opens first the stomodeum or the proctodeum?

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The stomodeum (mouth one)

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What is the rate of cleft palate defects?

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1:1000

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Which germ layer initiates limb development?

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Mesoderm

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What is the proctodeum?

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The thin barrier that will become the anus

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Fusion of what causes the penis?

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Urogenital folds

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What is the frequency of birth defects?
1:33 in live births
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What is the rate of hypospadiasis?
1:300
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What part of the blastocyst goes on to form the embryo?
Inner cell mass
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How does the fertilised egg get down the fallopian tube?
Cilia action
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What are the three germ layers?
Ectoderm Mesoderm Endoderm
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What is the notochord?
Stiffened rod that runs down the midline in the developing embryo
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Endoderm is always found with what?
Mesoderm
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At the 20 somitomere stage, at what number do the somites start breaking off?
8, (1-7 stay attached and become the head)
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What is the name of the structure that becomes the regulator of limb development?
Apical ectodermal ridge
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What is the rate of limb malformations?
1:500
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What is a failure of the gut to retract back into the body cavity called?
## Footnote Omphalocoele
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What is the name of genetic congenital hip malformation?
Acetabulum malformation
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Where do neural crest cell come from?
On top of the neural tube
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The superior mesenteric artery act as what for the developing gut?
Axis of rotation
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When to inner cell mass splits into 2, only one part goes on to develop into the embryo, which one is that?
Epiblast
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Two tubes are formed in the purse string closure of the embryo, the primitive gut and the ...?
Coelom
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When does the flapper valve in the atria close?
Upon taking the first breath
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Will a heart defect abort a foetus in utero?
No, only become a problem after birth
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Why ventricular defects occur?
The foramen present in utero doesn't close over properly
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What is the failure of the abdominal wall to seal after retraction of the gut called?
Umbilical hernia
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The trophoblast of the blastocyst becomes what?
The life support system of the embryo
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What are somites?
Broken off, free floating somitomeres
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What is gastrulation?
The splitting of the inner cell mass into 2 then 3 layers
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What does the lateral mesoderm split into?
Somatic and Splanchic mesoderm
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At what day does the heart start developing?
22
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How does the liver, lungs, pancreas and trachea develop off the developing GIT?
Outpocketing of endoderm that interacts with mesoderm
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Splitting of the ectoderm ridge results in what?
Diplopodia
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What are crest palate defects due to?
Failure of neural crest cells to migrate completely to the midline of the face
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What are mesenchymal cell like?
Free moving, with associated connective tissue (opposite to epithelial cells)
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What does the notochord do to the overlying ectoderm in the early embryo?
Direct it to developed into the neural plate - the precursor to the nervous system
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What is the limb field?
A patch of mesoderm that goes on to develop into the limbs
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What is most of the heart derived from? Be specific
Lateral splanchnic mesoderm
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At what stage does the blastocyst implant in the uterine wall?
5-10 days
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What is the name of the structure that the kidneys and ureters are derived from?
Mesonephros
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What does the urorectal septum do?
Separates the allantois and hindgut as it travels to the cloacal membrane
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What is the most common birth defect?
Heart defect 1:200
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What is it called when apoptosis fails leaving fused fingers?
Syndactyly
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What two germ layers make up the viscera? (be specific)
Splanchnic mesoderm Endoderm
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How are digits formed?
Apoptosis of symmetrical disc between where fingers will form
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How does the foetus compensate for the small bowel growing too long?
It extends into the body stalk
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What do neural crest cell become?
Peripheral nervous system tissue Schwann cells Melanocytes Dentine Facial bone, skin, muscle
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What is the cloacal membrane?
Primitive seal of the anus
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What is derived from endoderm?
Epithelium of gut, lung, liver, pancreas and associated organs
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What is the name of the structure that undergoes cavitation at day 4?
Blastocyst
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What are the most common heart defects?
Venticular defects (25%)
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What organ is slowest to develop?
Brain
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The embryonic mesoderm is divided into three sections, what are they called.
Paraxial (medial) Intermediate Lateral mesoderm
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Which part of the limb field can be removed but compensated for?
The free limb patch
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What are the names of the two tubes that become the heart?
Endocardial tubes
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What is derived from ectoderm?
Neural tissue Epidermis
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Which germ initiates and which germ layer finishs limb development?
Mesoderm and ectoderm respectively
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What does the allantois become in humans?
The bladder and urogenital tract
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What is derived from mesoderm?
Kidneys Heart Muscle Most bones Blood and vessels Connective tissue Gonads Dermis of skin Urogenital tract Wall of gut and resp tract (but not epithelium)
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What does the neural plate do?
Fold to form the neural groove
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Of the 3 kidney pairs that develop, only one is used for the kidneys. What is the the second pair recycled for?
The ductus deferens from the mesonephric duct
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What is meromelia?
Limb defect where hand or foot is present on a shortened limb
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What are somitomeres?
Swelling of paraxial mesoderm running down laterally
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What is the coelom?
Hollow space around the viscera
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What is derived from the lateral mesoderm?
Heart Blood Limb skeleton Ventrolateral body wall Wall of gut and resp tract Visceral peritoneum and pleura
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What brings the colon into its normal place?
Twisting of the small bowel pulls it down
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What two germ layers become the body wall? (be specific)
Ectoderm Somatic mesoderm
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Which part of the developing gut remains connected to the yolk sack?
Midgut
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When in embryonic development does limb development begin?
End of fourth week
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What sets right-left asymmetry of (some) of the visceral?
The action of cilia in the primitive groove controlling the direction of transcription factor flow
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What is sinus invertus?
Inversion of the viscera so that they are on the opposite side

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