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Embryology
UC MED 2015
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Graduate
04/24/2012

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As the notochord and neural tube form in the third week, the intraembryonic mesoderm lateral to these structures thickens to form two longitudinal columns of...
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paraxial mesoderm
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Toward the end of the third week, these dorsolateral columns aka the PARAXIAL MESODERM, located in the trunk, become segmented into blocks of mesoderm
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somites
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Each somites develops into two parts...
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1) sclerotome
2) dermomyotome
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The sclerotome develops into...
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1) vertebrae
2) ribs
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The dermomyotome develops into...
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its cells from the myotome region form myoblasts (primordial muscle cells), and those from its dermatome region form the dermis (fibroblasts)
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Most flat bones develop in mesenchyme within preexisting membranous sheaths; this type of osteogenesis is called
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membranous (intramembranous) bone formation
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Mesenchymal models of most limb bones are transformed into cartilage bone models, which later become ossified by
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endochondral bone formation
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The axial skeleton is composed of?
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1) cranium
2) vertebral column
3) ribs
4) sternum
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What surrounds the neural tube in the 4th week and will help form the vertebrae?
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sclerotomes
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n the thorax, the dorsal intersegmental arteries become the
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intercostal arteries
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Between the vertebrae, the notochord expands to form the gelatinous center of the...
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IV disc, the nucleus pulposus
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What surrounds the nucleus pulposus and what does this form?
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annulus fibrosus forming the IV disc
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The mesenchymal cells, surrounding the neural tube, form the
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neural arch
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he mesenchymal cells in the body wall form,
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costal processes, forming the ribs in the thoracic region
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The neural arch is the primordium for the?
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vertebral arch
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During the 6th week what appears in each mesenchymal vertebra?
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Chondrification centers, two will fuse and from here spinous and transverse processes will form
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What starts happening during the 7th week?
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Ossification of typical vertebrae begins, ends around 25 yrs
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How many primary ossification centers are ther?
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2 (ventral and dorsal) which unite then in the 8th week there is 3 (centrum and 2 neural arches)
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The vertebral arch articulates with the centrum at cartilaginous
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neurocentral joints (allow the vertebral arches to grow as the spinal cord grows)
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When do secondary ossification centers appear and how many and where are they?
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-after puberty
-5 of them
1) tip of spinous process
2-3) One for each transverse process tip
4-5) Two anular epiphyses, one on the superior and one on the inferior rim of the vertebral body
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The ribs develop from the mesenchymal
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costal processes of the thoracic vertebrae
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the ribs become cartilaginous during what period and then ossify when?
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-embryonic
-fetal
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The ribs consist of...
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7 pairs of TRUE ribs
5 pairs of FALSE ribs
2 pairs of FLOATING ribs
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A pair of vertical mesenchymal bands, _____ ______, develop ventrolaterally in the body wall.
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Sternal bars
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These sternal bars fuse by?
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10 wks (cartilaginous models, start ossifying before birth except xiphoid process (childhood)
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The appendicular skeleton consists of...
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1) pectoral and pelvic girdles
2) limb bones
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What form during the fifth week as condensations of mesenchyme appear in the limb buds?
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Mesenchymal bones
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During the sixth week, the mesenchymal bone models in the limbs undergo chondrification to form
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hyaline cartilage bone models
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Ossification begins in the long bones by the ____ week and initially occurs in the ______ of the bones from ______ _______ ________.
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-8th
-diaphyses
-priamry ossification centers
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By how many wks have primary ossification centers appeared?
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12 weeks
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What begin to ossify before any other bones in the body?
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clavicles
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What starts to ossify after the clavicles?
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femora
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The secondary ossification centers of the bones at the ____ are the first to appear in utero.
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knee
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The part of a bone ossified from a secondary center is the...
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epiphysis
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During bone growth, a plate of cartilage known as the _______ _______ _______ intervenes between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
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epiphysial cartilage plate
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When the epiphysial plate is replaced by bone, what does this signify?
Definition
end of bone growth
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What is a good indication of general maturation?
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bone age
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Fusion of the diaphysial–epiphysial centers, which occurs at specific times for each epiphysis, happens ______years earlier in females than in males
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1-2 yrs
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The muscular system develops from the...
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mesoderm (w/ some exceptions)
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What are embryonic muscle cells are derived from mesenchyme (embryonic connective tissue).
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Myoblasts
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Three types of muscle are developed during the embryonic period?
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-skeletal
-cardiac
-smooth
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Limb and axial muscles develop by ___________ __________ from myogenic precursor cells.
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epitheliomesenchymal transformation
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What originate from somatic mesoderm and from the ventral dermomyotome of somites in response to molecular signals from nearby tissues?
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myogenic precursor cells
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primordial muscle cells fuse to form elongated, multinucleated, cylindrical structures...
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myotubes
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What develop in the cytoplasm of the myotubes?
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myofilaments
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Other organelles characteristic of striated muscle cells, such as _____, also form.
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myofibrils
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perimysium and epimysium layers of the fibrous sheath of the muscle are produced by
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fibroblasts
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endomysium is formed by the
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external lamina and reticular fibers
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he increase in the size of a muscle after the first year results from an ...
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increase in the diameter of the fibers because of the formation of more myofilaments
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Do all muscle fibers persist?
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No, some degenrate since they are not necessary to the muscle
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Each typical myotome part of a somite divides into what two parts?
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1) dorsal Epaxial (Epimere)division
2) central Hypaxial (Hypomere) divsion
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Every developing spinal nerve also divides and sends a branch to each myotome division; What supplies the epaxial division and what the hypaxial division?
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epaxial- dorsal primary ramus
hypaxial- ventral primary ramus
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What myogenic regulatory factors are essential for the development of the hypaxial and epaxial muscles, as well as the abdominal and intercostal muscles?
Definition
MyoD, MrfH, Myf-5, and myogenin
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What division form the extensor muscles of the neck and vertebral column?
Definition
myoblasts from the epaxial divisions
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What division form the scalene, prevertebral, geniohyoid, and infrahyoid muscles?
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Myoblasts from the hypaxial divisions of the cervical myotomes
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What myotome form the lateral and ventral flexor muscles of the vertebral column?
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thoracic myotome
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What myotome form the quadratus lumborum muscle?
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lumbar myotome
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What myotome form the muscles of the pelvic diaphragm and probably the striated muscles of the anus and sex organs?
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sacrococcygeal myotomes
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Early myotomes are segmented or non-segmented?
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segmented
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In terms of segmentation, what happens to the thoracic muscles (intercostal) and the limb muscles?
Definition
-Thoracic muscles (intercostal)- remain segmented
-Limb muscles- Fuse to become non-segmented
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What division of muscles are back muscles, innervated by?
Definition
Epaxial, innervated by dorsal rami
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What division of muscles are lateral and ventral muscles, including limbs, innervated by?
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-Hypaxial, innervated by ventral rami
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What develops first upper or lower limbs?
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upper limbs
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Limbs grow which direction and then what happens?
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Grow laterally then turn medially
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Initially the the thumb and big toe are pointed which way?
Definition
cranial (pre-axial)
Term
Initially the the palm and sole of foot are pointed which way?
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ventral
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Fingers are formed from?
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Thickenings on the hand/foot plate called digital rays
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Mesoderm is from what origin?
Definition
Lateral plate
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Motor axons are from?
Definition
the neural tube
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Limb development is initiated, and the proximal-distal limb axis set up, by?
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Apical ectodermal ridge
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Hypaxial muscles migrate into the limbs, and divide into:
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--an extensor group posteriorly
--a flexor group anteriorly

BOTH innervated by ventral rami
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Upper limbs rotates which way?
Lower limbs rotate which way?
Definition
-laterally
-medially
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