EMBRYOLOGY MNEMONICS

 Branchial arch giving rise to aorta

"Aor- from Four":

  • Aorta is from fourth arch.

Cranial and spinal neural crest: major derivatives

GAMES:

  • Glial cells (of peripheral ganglia)
  • Arachnoid (and pia)
  • Melanocytes
  • Enteric ganglia
  • Schwann cells

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS): features

FAS:

  • Facial hypoplasia/ Forebrain malformation
  • Attention defecit disorder/ Altered joints
  • Short stature/ Septal defects/ Small I.

Foregut derivatives

"Little Embryo People DLike Swallowing, Producing Gas":

  • Lungs
  • Esophagus
  • Pancreas
  • Duodenum (proximal)
  • Liver
  • Stomach
  • Pancreas
  • Gall bladder

Lung development: phases

"Every Premature Child Takes Air":

  • Embryonic period
  • Pseudoglandular period
  • Canalicular peroid
  • Terminal sac period
  • Alveolar period

Mesoderm: components

MESODERM:

  • Mesothelium (peritoneal, pleural, pericardial)/ Muscle (striated, smooth, cardiac)
  • Embryologic
  • Spleen/ Soft tissue/ Serous linings/ Sarcoma/ Somite
  • Osseous tissue/ Outer layer of suprarenal gland (cortex)/ Ovaries
  • Dura/ Ducts of genitalia
  • Endothelium
  • Renal
  • Microglia/ Mesenchyme/ Male gonad

Neuroectodermderivatives

Neuroectoderm gives rise to:

  • Neurons
  • Neuroglia
  • Neurohypophysis
  • piNeurol (pineal) gland

Placenta-crossing substances

"WANTMHot Dog":

  • Wastes
  • Antibodies
  • Nutrients
  • Teratogens
  • Microorganisms
  • Hormones/ HIV
  • Drugs

Potter syndrome: features

POTTER:

  • Pulmonary hypoplasia
  • Oligohydrominios
  • Twisted skin (wrinkly skin)
  • Twisted face (Potter facies)
  • Extremities defects
  • Renal agenesis (bilateral)

Teratogenesiswhen it occurs

TEratogenesis is most likely during organogenesis--between the:

  • Third and
  • Eighth weeks of gestation.

Tetrology of Fallot

"Don't DROP the baby":

  • Defect (VSD)
  • Right ventricular hypertrophy
  • Overriding aorta
  • Pulmonary stenosis

Tetrology of Fallot

"I  HOPe

  • Interventricular septal defect
  • Hypotrophy of right ventricle
  • Overriding aorta
  • Pulmonary stenosis

Tetrology of Fallot

PROVe:

  • Pulmonary stenosis
  • Right ventricular hypertrophy
  • Overriding aorta
  • Ventricular septal defect

Vasculogenesis vs angiogenesis

  • "Vascu is new. Angi is pre":
  • Vasculogenesis is new vessels developing in situ from existing mesenchyme.
  • Angiogenesis is vessels develop from sprouting off pre-existing arteries.
  • Vitelline ductclosure time
  • VItelline duct normally closes around week VI of intrauterine life.

Weeks 2, 3, 4 of developmentan event for each

  • Week TwoBilaminar germ disc.
  • Week ThreeTrilaminar germ disc.
  • Week FourFour limbs appear.

Woffian duct (mesonephric duct) derivatives

Gardener's SEED:

  *Female:

Gartner's duct, cyst

  *Male:

  • Seminal vesicles
  • Epididymis
  • Ejaculatory duct
  • Ductus deferens

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