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1
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What does development of the MSK system require?

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Differentiation into specific cell types, and co-ordination to produce an integrated and functional system

2
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What does the MSK system develop from?

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Mainly the mesodermal germ layer, with some neural crest contribution

3
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What is mesoderm subdivided into?

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  • Paraxial
  • Intermediate
  • Lateral
4
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What happens to the mesoderm in the 3rd week of gestation?

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The paraxial mesoderm forms ‘little balls’ (somites), which are paired each side of the neural groove

5
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What happens to the somites?

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They differentiate differently in different regions

6
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What can the somites differentiate into?

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  • Sclerotome

- Dermomyotome

7
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What happens to the sclerotome in development?

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It splits segmentally, giving rise to the vertebral column

8
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What does the dermomyotome develop into?

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Dermal and muscle components

9
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What creates the limb buds?

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The migration of the lateral mesoderm and the dermomyotome to the limb field

10
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What gives rise to the mesenchyme?

A

Mesodermal cells

11
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What is the mesenchyme?

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Loosely organised connective tissue

12
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What do mesenchymal cells differentiate into?

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They are pluripotent, and differentiate into many different cell types, including bones and cartilage

13
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What are the ways that bones can develop?

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  • Direct ossification of the mesenchyme

- Endochondrial ossification

14
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What bones form from direct ossification of the mesenchyme?

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  • Cranial bones of the skull

- Clavicle

15
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What bones form from endochondrial ossification?

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The bones of the limb and girdle

16
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What is endochondrial ossification?

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The ossification of a cartilaginous precursor of the long bones of the skeleton

17
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What is the first step in endochondrial ossification?

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Condensation of lateral plate mesenchyme occurring in a rod-like structure along the axis of the limb bud

18
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What happens after the condensation of lateral plate mesenchyme in the limb buds?

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Chondrocytes (cartilage cells) respond to growth factors and differentiate in a process called chondrification.

19
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What do the chondrocytes secrete?

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Proteoglycans and collagen

20
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What is the result of the proteoglycan and collagen secretion by chondrocytes?

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Formation of cartilage

21
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Where is there deposition of cartilage initially?

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Around the entire limb condensations

22
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Where does further chondrification occur after the initial deposition of cartilage?

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Limited to future bone sites, sparing the inter-zone regions

23
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What does the sparing of inter-zone region in further chondrification lead to?

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Site of future joints

24
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What is the initial step in the formation of the joints of the long bones?

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Mesenchymal cells at the interzones of long bones differentiate into multiple fibroblastic connective tissue layers

25
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What happens to the fibroblastic connective tissue layers at the interzones of long bones?

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They differentiate further to provide the articular cartilage at either end of the joint, and connective tissue in the middle forms the internal structures of the joint

26
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What internal structures of the joint are produced from connective tissue in the middle of the fibroblastic connective tissue layers?

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  • Synovial tissue
  • Menisci
  • Ligaments
27
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How is the joint cavity formed?

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Vacuoles form within the connective tissue, which then becomes the joint cavity

28
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How is the joint capsule formed?

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The mesenchymal sheath becomes the joint capsule

29
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How are fibrous joints, or immobile joints which connect bones (e.g. skull, pelvis), formed?

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Also developed from interzones, which differentiate into a single layer of fibrous connective tissue

30
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What happens following chondrification?

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Ossification

31
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Where does ossification occur from?

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The primary ossification centre

32
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What happens to mesenchymal cells in the primary ossification centre?

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They differentiate into bone cells (osteoblasts) in response to growth factors

33
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What do the osteoblasts secrete?

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The calcium matrix of mineralised bone

34
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What appears alongside the osteoblasts?

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Osteoclasts

35
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What do osteoclasts do?

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Reabsorb bone, enabling remodelling of growing bone

36
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What does the limb musculature develop from?

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Two condensations of somitic mesoderm

37
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How does the somitic mesoderm form the limb musculature?

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In the 5th week, the condensations of somitic mesoderm invades the limb bud, one ventrally and one dorsally

38
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What does the ventral somatic mesoderm give rise to?

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Mainly flexors, pro atoms, and adductor muscles

39
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What does the dorsal somatic mesoderm give rise to?

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Mainly extensors, supination, and abductor muscles

40
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What do cells in the condensations of somitic mesoderm differentiate into?

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Myoblasts (muscle cell precursors)

41
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What happens to myoblasts?

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They fuse together to form syncytial

42
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How does the inner action of the limb muscles develop?

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From branches that develop from spinal nerve axons in a multi step process

43
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What do branches of the ventral spinal nerve inner age?

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Ventral muscles

44
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What do branches of the dorsal spinal nerve innervate?

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Dorsal muscles