High Yield Embryology Flashcards

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Teratogen

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Substance affecting migration, proliferation, or interaction of cells
Causes congenital anomalies

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2
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Capacitation

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Pruning of the sperm glycocalyx; permits the sperm-oocyte interaction

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3
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Ectopic pregnancy

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Implantation that occurs outside of the uterine cavity; can occur in uterine tubes or in the pelvic cavity

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4
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Placenta Previa

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Implantation occurs near the cervix

Provides high risk of bleeding

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5
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Placental Abruption

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Placenta becomes attached

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Placenta accreta

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Abnormal adherence of the chorionic villi to the myometrium

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7
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Placenta percreta

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Villi penetrate the full thickness of the myometrium

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8
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Hydatidiform moles

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Result when there is no embryo or embryo dies and chorionic villi fail to vascularize
“Uterine enlargements greater than expected for gestational age”

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9
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What are long-term complications of hydatidiform moles?

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Give rise to choriocarcinomas or persistent trophoblastic disease

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10
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Complete mole

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Fertilization of empty oocyte (contains only paternal chromosomes)
Produces high levels of hCG

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11
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Partial moles

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Derive from a poorly developed embryo

Always triploid and produce hCG

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Dizygotic (fraternal) twins

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Arises from multiple ovulations (high levels of FSH)

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Monozygotic (identical) twins

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Arise from splitting of single zygote

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14
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Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG)

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Secreted by syncytiotrophoblast

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15
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Progesterone

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Secreted by corpus luteum for five months, then by placenta

Contraceptive “pill” and RU-486 are anti-progesterones

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16
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Gastrulation

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Process where the epiblast gives rise to mesoderm, endoderm, and ectoderm

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17
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Notochord

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Derives from both endoderm and mesoderm; forms the nucleus pulposus

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18
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Sirenomelia

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Caudal dysgensis from inadequate mesoderm

Lower limb defects

19
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Sacrococcygeal teratoma

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Persistence of primitive streak, forms multi-tissue tumor

20
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Alpha-fetoprotein

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Liver glycoprotein

Leaks into amniotic fluid with neural tube or ventral wall defects

21
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Spina bifida occulta

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Incomplete neural arch, patch of hair over defect

22
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Poland anomaly

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Congenital absence of the pectoralis major

23
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Congenital torticollis

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Contracture/shortening of the sternocleidomastoid

24
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Amelia

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absence of a limb

25
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Meromelia

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Absence of part of a limb

26
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Congenital clubfoot

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Any defect involving the talus

27
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What does splanchnic mesoderm form?

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Primitive heart tube

Beats on day 22

28
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Pleuropericardial membranes

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Form pericardium and pleura (somatic parts)

29
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Tetrology of Fallot

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A combo of 4 heart defects

  • pulmonary stenosis
  • right ventricular hypertrophy
  • over-riding aorta
  • ventricular septal defect
30
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Dextrocardia

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Right-sided heart

31
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Undivided truncus arteriosus

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Neural crest defect where the bulbar regions fail to form

32
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Patent ductus arteriosus

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Common defect associated with rubella and pregnancies occurring in high altitudes, more common in females

33
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Atrial septal defect

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Patent foramen ovale common

Can involve defect in septum primum or septum secundum

34
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Ventricular septal defect

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Common

Involves membranous part of the interventricular septum

35
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Transposition of the great vessels

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Most common cause of cyanosis in newborn

36
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Vitelline vein

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Left disappears, right forms portal system

37
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Umbilical vein

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Right disappears

Left drains placenta - becomes ligamentum teres hepatis

38
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Cardinal vein

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Subcardinal - drains kidneys
Sacrocardinal - common iliac
Supracardinal - drains body wall (azygos veins)

39
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Ductus venosus

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Between left umbilical and right vitelline veins

Forms ligamentum venosum

40
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Early development of lung

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Begins in 4th week, derived from gut tube

Lungs become viable during the 24th gestational week due to secretion of surfactant

41
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When does formation of most alveoli occur?

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Between birth and the 8th year

42
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Tracheoesophageal fistula

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Abnormal connection between esophagus and airway

Usually involves a proximal esophagus that ends in a blind pouch and a distal esophagus that connects to the trachea

43
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VACTERL association

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Combination of defects that arise from exposure to high levels of estrogens/progesterones during the embryonic period (weeks 3-9)
Vertebral defects
Anal atresia
Cardiac defects
Trachioesophageal fistula
Renal anomalies
Limb abnormalities