Embryology and Development — Flashcards

Development of eye:As the optic sulcus deepens, the wall of the _____ overlying the sulcus bulges outwards to form the optic vesicle.

During the _____ week of gestation, the midgut returns to the abdominal cavity and rotates 270 counterclockwise around the superior mesenteric artery

The _____ (primary vesicle) matures into the telencephalon and diencephalon (secondary vesicles)

Most of the pinna is formed from the _____ pharyngeal arch, except for the tragus

The male _____ are homologous to the female greater vestibular glands (of Bartholin), which both arise from the urogenital sinus

Each nasal pit has a ridge of tissue on the outer edge called _____ nasal prominence and on the inner edge called medial nasal prominence.

The canal of _____ arises from Berger's space and courses posteriorly through the central vitreous, which is the former site of the hyaloid artery in the embryonic vitreous.

During the _____ period (lung development), the terminal bronchioles form the respiratory bronchioles, which then form the alveolar ducts

Estimating dental age using _____ stages is more accurate than estimating age using emergence stages

_____ cells migrate into the adrenal medulla to form post-ganglionic sympathetic neurons