Developmental structures

Articles

• Neural tube
  8 March 2007

  Pathology
  neural tube defects
  Videos
  neural tube in embryonic chick
  neurulation in Xenopus sp.
  See also
  neurulation
  nervous system development

• neural crest
  3 November 2003

  WKP
  Definition : Neural crest cells are a group of cells that migrate from the opposing epithelial folds of the closing neural tube in the back of the embryo to a number of positions inside the embryo.
  These cells contribute to the development of several organs, the heart, facial skeleton, thymus, parathyroid, adrenal medulla and the whole peripheral nervous system. Neural crest cells are also needed for a normal development of the outflow region of the heart as well as for correct (...)

• thyroglossal tract
  12 May 2004

  Pathology
  thyroglossal cyst

• branchial arches
  29 September 2004

  References
  Mark M, Ghyselinck NB, Chambon P. Retinoic acid signalling in the development of branchial arches. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2004 Oct;14(5):591-8. PMID: #15380252#

• Embryo
  21 May 2004

  human embryo

• organizers
  28 May 2004

  Types
  head organizers
  trunk organizers
  tail organizers
  Spemann-Mangold organizer

• Spemann organizer
  28 May 2004

  Spemann’s organizer, Spemann-Mangold organizer

• endoderm
  25 November 2003

  References
  Grapin-Botton A, Melton DA. Endoderm development: from patterning to organogenesis. Trends Genet. 2000 Mar;16(3):124-30. PMID: #10689353#

• renal blastema
  9 November 2004
• atrioventricular cushion
  18 November 2003

  Features
  cushion morphogenesis

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