Nervous System
Reporters: Bascos, Christine
Sarmiento, Allana Rose
Objectives:
Elevation of
neural
groove (its
begin to full)
Figure 1.3
Neurulation:folding and closure of the neural plate
Figure 1.4
Failure of neuropores to close can cause neural
tube defects
Figure 5
Spinal cord development
Figure 6
Closure of neural tube: begin at end of week 3, complete by end of week 4. Extends
cranially (eventually brain) and caudally (spinal cord)
Neural crest, lateral ectodermal cells, pulled along and form sensory nerve cells and
other stucture
Figure 9
The top graph on the left shows the brain
weights of males and females at different
ages. The bottom graph shows the brain
weight to total body weight ratio
(expressed as a percentage). The adult
brain makes up about 2% of the total body
weight.
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