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What layer of mesoderm forms the urinary system?

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Intermediate mesoderm

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What is the area of intermediate mesoderm that forms the urinary system?

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Urogenital ridge

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What 3 systems do the kidneys develop from?

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  1. Pronephros
  2. Mesonephros
  3. Metanephros
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When does the pronephros appear?

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4th week of development

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Where does the pronephros start its development?

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In the cervical region

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What are the tubules of intermediate mesoderm called?

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Nephrotomes

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How many nephrotomes form?

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6-10 pairs

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Where do the tubules join?

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Into the pronephric duct

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What is the pronephric duct?

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A duct that extends from the cervical region to the distal end of the embryo

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Where does the mesonephros develop from?

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Caudally (inferiorly) to the pronephros

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What does the presence of the pronephric duct induce?

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Nearby intermediate mesoderm in the thoracolumbar region forms mesonephric tubules

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Where do the mesonephric tubules get their capillaries from? Why do they need them?

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The dorsal aorta so that they can filtrate blood

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Where do the mesonephric tubules drain filtered blood into?

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The mesonephric duct

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What is the mesonephric duct?

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A continuation of the pronephric duct that drains blood from the primitive kidneys to the cloaca

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What is a cloaca?

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A common passageway for faeces, urine and reproduction

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What sprouts from the mesonephric duct?

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The ureteric bud

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What does the ureteric bud induce?

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The development of the definitive kidney

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What forms the definitive kidney?

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The metanephros

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When does the metanephros appear?

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5th week of development

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When does the metanephros become functional?

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12th week of development

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What does the ureteric bud make contact with?

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The metanephric blastema

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What is the metanephric blastema?

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A caudal region of the intermediate mesoderm

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What are the 2 components of the metanephric system?

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  1. Collecting system

2. Excretory system

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What is the collecting system derived from?

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The ureteric bud

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What is the excretory system derived from?
The metanephric blastema
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What makes up the collecting system?
1. Ureter 3. Renal pelvis 4. Major and minor calyces 5. Collecting tubules
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What makes up the excretory system?
The nephron
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What does the proximal end of the excretory tubule form?
The Bowman's capsule around a glomerulus
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What does the distal end of the excretory tubule form?
1. Proximal convoluted tubule 2. Loop of Henle 3. Distal convoluted tubule
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Where does the definitive kidney initially develop?
The pelvic region and then ascends into the abdomen
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Where does the kidney receive blood from initially?
A pelvic branch of the abdominal aorta
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Where does the kidney receive blood from when it ascends?
New arteries from the abdominal aorta supply it
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Where do the bladder and urethra form from?
The cloaca
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Which weeks does the cloaca divide into two?
4th-7th weeks
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What does the cloaca divide into?
1. Urogenital sinus | 2. Anal canal
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What structure divides the two sections of the cloaca?
The uro-rectal septum
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What are the three parts of the urogenital sinus?
1. Upper part 2. Pelvic part 3. Caudal/phallic part
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What does the upper part of the urogenital sinus form?
The bladder
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What does the pelvic part of the urogenital sinus form?
1. Urethra 2. Some of female reproductive tract 3. Prostatic and membranous urethra in males
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What does the caudal/phallic part of the urogenital sinus form?
1. Part of the female reproductive tract | 2. Spongy urethra in males
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What is the bladder initially drained by?
The allantois
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What happens to the allantois during foetal development?
It is obliterated and becomes a fibrous cord = the urachus
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What is the median umbilical ligament?
Remnants of the urachus in adults, connecting the apex of the bladder to the umbilicus
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What does the bladder absorb when developing?
The caudal parts of the mesonephric ducts to become the trigone of the bladder
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Where do the ureters enter the bladder?
At the base of the trigone
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What happens to the mesonephric ducts in females?
They degenerate due to lack of testicular androgens
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What happens to the mesonephric ducts in males?
They move caudally and closer together, entering the prostatic urethra to become the ejaculatory ducts

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