Pulmonary
Vessels/Heart
Skeletal
Muscular
Limb Development
100

The ductus venousus is closed, forcing blood from the hepatic portal system into general venous circulation and thus forces the use of what organ? 

Liver

100

Vessels form from splanchnopleuric mesoderm of the yolk sac aggregate to form...

Blood islands

100
Some sclerotomes are densely packed cells and migrate to form the vertebral disc. Specifically, what structure?

annulus fibrosis

100

Where do myofilaments develop?

cytoplasm of myotubes

100

What process causes cartilaginous precursors of the limb bones to develop

chondrofication 

200

The trachea and bronchi are derived from the growth and division of the...

lung bud

200

Where does heart fusion begin?

cranial end

200

Bone develops from either ____ or ____.

mesenchyme or cartilage 

200
What do fibroblast cells produce?

perimysium and epimysium

200

What do bone and blood vessels of the limb arise from?

 lateral plate mesoderm of the limb buds

300

After the first breath, umbilical circulation stops. What closes then to force blood into the pulmonary circuit?

ductus arteriosus 

300

Describe the three classifications of embryonic veins

Vitelline, umbilical, common cardinal 

300

The base of the occipital bone is derived from what sclerotome?

C1

300

Describe what happens in the hyperblastic phase of muscle development.

increase in muscle cell number

300

What forms the apical ectodermal ridge?

ectoderm on distal margins

400

What are the lung maturation stages? (4)

Pseudoglandular, Canalicular, Terminal sac, Alveolar

400

Closure of the Membranous IV results in...

separation of pulmonary and systemic circuits 

400

In the formation of the vertebral column, each vertebra is derived from caudal portion of the corresponding sclerotome above and the cranial portion of the corresponding sclerotome below. Describe the cell composition difference between the caudal portion and cranial portion

Caudal- densely packed cells
Cranial- loosely packed cells 

400

What does cardiac muscle develop from? What do the myoblast then differentiate to form?

Splanchnic mesenchyme surrounding the heart

primordial myocardium 

400

During limb development, growth is stimulated in what direction?

proximodistal direction

500

The diaphragm is derived from what 4 tissues?

septum transversum 

pleuroperitoneal membrane

paraxial mesoderm of the body wall 

esophageal mesoderm 

500

Through the 5th to 8th week the heart tube elongates with looping and remodeling into 4 chambers. Name the 4 chambers.

Inflow area, primitive atrium, primitive ventricle, bulbous cordis

500

During the mesenchymal stage, the mesenchymal cells from the sclerotomes are found in what 3 areas? 

around notochord

surrounding neural tube 

in the body wall 

500

It was once thought that innervation would determine whether a muscle would become a slow or fast twitch fiber. However, molecular studies indicated that differentiation of what occurred before motor axon invasion? 

primary myotubules 

500

A muscle formed becomes an adductor of the lower extremity. What likely innervates this muscle?

(Dorsal or ventral primary rami?)

ventral primary rami