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(Week 3) Lateral Edges of Neural Plate (in front of primitive node) become?

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Neural Folds

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Notochord and Paraxial Mesenchyme causes?

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Ectoderm to form Neural Plate

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(Week 3) Neural Tube?

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Forms CNS

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(Week 3) Neural Crest?

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Forms PNS and ANS

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(Week 4) Neural plate forms?

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Neural tube and neural crest cells (Neural tube becomes CNS) (Neural crest cells become PNS and ANS)

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Cranial 2/3 of neural plate and tube become?

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(As far caudal as 4th pair of somite’s)
Future Brain

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Caudal 1/3 of neural plate and tube become?

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Spinal Cord

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Neural Folds fuses opposite of?

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4th-6th somite’s forming neural tube (open at both ends (Cranial/Rostral Neuropore: closes ~25 days) (Caudal Neuropore: closes ~27 days)

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(Neural Folds) Cranial/Rostral Neuropore closes?

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~25 days

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(Neural Folds)
Caudal Neuropore closes?

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~27 days

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(Spinal Cord Development)
Caudal 1/3 of neural plate and tube becomes?

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Spinal Cord

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(Spinal Cord Development)
Lateral walls of neural tube thicken?

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Decreasing neural canal size

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(Spinal Cord Development)
Initially, walls of neural tube are composed of?

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Thick pseudo stratified columnar neuroepithelium

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(Spinal Cord)
Proliferation and differentiation of neuroepithelial produce?

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-Thick Walls
-Thin Roof and Floor Plates

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(Spinal Cord)
Sulcus Limitans?

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-Differential thickening of lateral walls
-Separates alar and basal plate

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(Spinal Cord)
Neuroepithelial cells constitute?

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-Intermediate (Mantle) Zone
-Ventricular Zone (ependymal cells)
-Marginal Zone

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(Spinal Cord)
Intermediate (Mantle) Zone?

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-Contains Alar and Basal Plates
-Gray Matter

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(Spinal Cord)
Ventricular Zone (ependymal cells)?

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(Gives rise to all (in the spinal cord))
-Macroglial Cells
-Neurons

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(Spinal Cord)
Marginal Zone?

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(Consists of outer parts of neuroepithelial cells)
-Becomes white matter

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Neuroepithelial cells in the ventricular zone differentiate into?

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Primordial neurons (neuroblasts)

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Neuroblasts become?

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Neurons as they develop cytoplasmic processes

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Alar plate is responsible for ______ neurons and forms _____ horn of spinal cord?

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Sensory; Dorsal

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(Spinal Nerve Formation)
Cells from Doral Rami –>?

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Dorsal Rami –> Spinal Nerve –> Dorsal Root Ganglia –> Dorsal Roots –> Dorsal Horn

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(Spinal Nerve Formation)
Cells from Ventral Horn –>?

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Cells from Ventral Horn –> Ventral Roots –> Spinal Nerve –> Ventral Rami

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(Spinal Nerve and Vertebral Column) Conus Medullaris (end of spinal cord)?
Ends at: -Birth: L3 -Adults: L1-L2
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(Spinal Nerve and Vertebral Column) Myelination?
-Schwann Cells: PNS (Derived from neural crest cells) -Oligodendrocytes CNS (Derived from neural tube)
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(Neural Tube defects (NTD)) There are multiple sites of closure of neural tube. Failure of closure leads to?
-Spina bifida cystica -Meroencephaly (anencephaly) -Craniorachischisis (Folic Acid Fortification)
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(Neural Tube defects (NTD)) Spina Bifida?
(Spina Bifida Occulta (most common)) (Spina Bifida Cystics (meningeal cysts)) -Spina Bifida Meningocele -Spina Bifida Meningomyelocele (more common and severe than meningocele) -Spina Bifida Myeloschisis (most severe types)
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(Neural Tube defects (NTD)) Spina Bifida Occulta?
(most common) -Neural arche(s) failed to fuse in median plan (Unfused Arch) -Most commonly occurs at L5 and S1 -Presents with small dimple and tufted hair (or lipoma, dermal sinus etc.)
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(Neural Tube defects (NTD)) (Spina Bifida Cystica (meningeal cysts)) Spina Bifida Meningocele?
-Unfused Arch -Meninges
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(Neural Tube defects (NTD)) (Spina Bifida Cystica (meningeal cysts)) Spina Bifida Meningomyelocele?
(more common and severe than meningocele) -Unfused Arch -Meninges -Spinal Cord
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(Neural Tube defects (NTD)) (Spina Bifida Cystica (meningeal cysts)) Spina Bifida Myeloschisis?
(most severe type) -Spinal Cord is open -Neural folds failed to close -Results in permanent paralysis or weakness in lower limbs
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(Dermal Sinus) Birth Defect?
Failure of surface ectoderm to detach from neuroectoderm and meninges that envelop it
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(Dermal Sinus) Meninges become continuous with a narrow channel?
Extends to a dimple on skin in sacral region
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(Dermal Sinus) Dimple indicates?
(Region of closure of caudal neuropore) -Last place of separation between Surface ectoderm and neural tube
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Caudal Neuropore closes roughly at?
End of 4th week
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Spinal Cord ends at ____ for newborns and myelination of ganglion surrounding spinal cord are due to cells derived from where?
L3; Neural Crest
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(Development of Brain) Develops in 3rd week when neural plate and tube are developing from?
Neuroectoderm
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(Development of Brain) Neural Tube, cranial to 4th pair of somites, develops into?
Brain
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(Development of Brain) Fusion of neural folds in cranial region and closure of rostral neuropore forms 3 vesicles?
-Forebrain (prosencephalon) -Midbrain (mesencephalon) -Hindbrain (rhombencephalon)
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(Brain Vesicles and Ventricles) Wall of neural tube becomes?
Brain
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(Brain Vesicles and Ventricles) Lumen of neural tube becomes?
Brain Ventricles (CSF formed here)
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(Brain Vesicles and Ventricles) Neuroepithelial cells give rise to?
-Macroglial cells -CNS
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Microglia?
-Originate from mesenchymal cells -Enters CNS via blood vessels
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(Pituitary Gland Development) Neurohypophysial Diverticulum?
-Neuroectodermal down growth from diencephalon -Forms neurohypophysis
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(Pituitary Gland Development) Hypophysical Diverticulum?
-Ectodermal upgrowth from stomodeum -Forms adenohypophysis (Rathke's Pouch)
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(Myelencephalon and 4th Ventricle) Pontine Flexure?
Divides Hindbrain into: -Metencephalon (Pons) (Cerebellum) -Myelencephalon (Medulla) (Flexure causes thinning of roof of 4th ventricle)
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(Cranial Nerve Nuclei) Special Somatic Afferents?
Sense of balance and gravity
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(Cranial Nerve Nuclei) Special Visceral Efferents?
Skeletal muscles of branchial arch origin
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(Metencephalon and 4th Ventricle) Metencephalon?
-Ventral Portion: Pons -Dorsal Portion: Cerebellum
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(Metencephalon and 4th Ventricle) Roof of 4th Ventricle?
Choroid Plexus: -CSF flows subarachnoid space via 3 foramina (Foramen of Luschka (2)) (Foramen of Magendie (1))
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Mesencephalon?
-Cranial to pontine flexure (thus, no thinning of roof) -Cranial most extent of sulcus limitans -Lumen (cerebral aqueduct)
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Diencephalon?
(Lateral walls of Diencephalon contain:) -Thalamus, Hypothalamus and Epithalamus (All these nuclei are composed of:) -Derived Alar Lamina Association Cells (Lumen:) -3rd Ventricle (Rostral wall is formed by lamina terminals (cranial-most end of original neural tube)
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Telencephalon?
(Telencephalon forms:) -Cerebral Hemispheres -Lateral Ventricles (Telencephalon form as:) -Lateral diverticula of original neural tube (In cerebral hemispheres:) -Wall of neural tube things (leading to formation of choroid plexus in floor and medial walls of lateral ventricles/Roof of 3rd ventricle)
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Pontine Flexure divides which structure? This structure also contains which ventricle?
Hindbrain; 4th Ventricle
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(Cranium Bifidum) Cranial Meningocele?
Meninges with CSF
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(Cranium Bifidum) Meningoencephalocele?
-Meninges with CSF -Portion of Cerebellum
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(Cranium Bifidum) Meningohydroencephalocele?
-Meninges with CSF -Portion of Occipital Lobe -Portion of posterior horn of lateral ventricle
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(Other Disorders) Hydrocephalus?
-Imbalance between production and absorption of CSF (leading to excess CSF in ventricles) -Significant enlargement of head -Rare cases: Increased production of CSF via choroid plexus adenoma
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(Other Disorders) Meroencephaly?
-Defect of calvaria and brain (failure of rostral neuropore to close at end of 4th week) -Forebrain, midbrain, most of hindbrain and calvaria are absent -Exencephaly (brain exposed or extruding from cranium) (nervous tissue degenerates)
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(Other Disorders) Microcephaly?
-Reduction in brain growth (without affecting brain structure) -Calvaria and brain are small (face is normal size)

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