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Development of the Nervous System

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  • Q1
    Which of the following weeks yields the greatest susceptibility to teratogenesis?
    Wks 3-8
    Wks 9-12
    Wks 13-14
    Wks 0-2
    30s
  • Q2
    Which structure, formed in week 3 of the embryonic period, serves as the basis for the axial skeleton and eventually becomes the nucleus propulsus?
    Notochord
    Primitive pit
    Primitive node
    Trilaminar disc
    30s
  • Q3
    Sclerotomes is the part of the somite that gives rise to all of the following except which?
    Tendons
    Cartilage
    Epidermis
    Bone
    30s
  • Q4
    Damage to what trilaminar germ disc layers or part may result in CNS and/or PNS malformation?
    Ectoderm
    Mesoderm
    Epiderm
    Endoderm
    30s
  • Q5
    Failure of the posterior neuropore to close may result in which condition?
    Neurulation
    Tethered cord
    Arnold-Chiari malformation
    Spina bifida
    30s
  • Q6
    Differentiation of the neural tube into the basal plate eventually gives rise to all of the following except which?
    Hypothalamus
    Retina
    Basal nuclei
    Motor neurons
    30s
  • Q7
    During the pre-embryonic period (0-2 wks) which structure attaches to the uterine wall?
    Epiblast
    Embryoblast
    Hypoblast
    Blastocyst
    30s
  • Q8
    Which of the following cells is responsible for the formation of the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm?
    Epithelial
    Hypoblast
    Hyperblast
    Epiblast
    30s
  • Q9
    Parenchyma of the liver, epithelial lining of the urinary bladder, and epithelial lining of the tympanic cavity are all formed from which of the following structures?
    Ectoderm
    Endoderm
    Mesoderm
    Notochord
    30s
  • Q10
    Which of the following may help prevent dysraphic effects?
    Vitamin C
    Folic Acid
    Increase protein intake
    Lactic Acid
    30s
  • Q11
    A patient presenting with a form of spina bifida cystica that affects the meninges, spinal cord, and CSF would have which of the following conditions?
    Occulta
    Meningomyelocele
    Meningocele
    Arnold-Chiari Malformation
    30s
  • Q12
    Damage to the basal plate as it develops may lead to issues with which of the following structures?
    Retina
    Cerebral Cortex
    Thalamus
    Basal Nuclei
    30s
  • Q13
    Myeloschisis involves the inadequate closure of what structure?
    Arachnoid villi
    Anterior neuropore
    Posterior neuropore
    Cerebellar vermis herniation
    30s
  • Q14
    Arnold-Chiari malformation can be characterized by all of the following EXCEPT which?
    Defect that involves the posterior neuropore
    Cerebellar vermis herniation
    May yield hydrocephaly
    May yield syringomyelia
    30s

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