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Eye Development MCQs: practice questions
Sample Eye Development multiple-choice questions from Endocrine, Integumentary & Special Sense Development.
Why is the intraretinal space clinically important?
- A. It produces aqueous humor
- B. It is a weakened area prone to retinal detachment
- C. It becomes the anterior chamber
- D. It carries optic-nerve axons
- E. It forms the lens
What forms the substantia propria and corneal endothelium?
- A. Neural crest
- B. Endoderm
- C. Surface ectoderm
- D. Mesoderm
- E. Optic cup
What forms the stroma of the ciliary body?
- A. Neural crest
- B. Lens ectoderm
- C. Mesoderm continuous with the choroid
- D. Endoderm
- E. Optic-cup neuroectoderm
What is the embryonic origin of the lens?
- A. Neuroectoderm
- B. Surface ectoderm
- C. Mesoderm
- D. Endoderm
- E. Neural crest
Which gene is described as the master homeotic gene in eye development?
- A. SRY
- B. PAX2
- C. PAX6
- D. TCOF1
- E. WT-1
What forms the anterior epithelium of the cornea?
Which layer of the optic cup forms the neural retina?
What is the embryonic tissue of the optic vesicle?
What is the fate of the lens placode?
On approximately which day does optic-vesicle development begin?
Which gene is expressed predominantly in the optic stalk?
What is the developmental origin of the sphincter pupillae muscle?
What happens to lens epithelial cells at the equator?
What structure precedes formation of the lens vesicle?
What adult structures are derived from the inner neural layer of the optic cup?
What is the fate of the hyaloid artery?
What forms the vitreous body?
Which layer of the optic cup forms the retinal pigment layer?
What is the developmental origin of the ciliary muscle?
What structure forms when the optic vesicle invaginates?
What forms the stroma of the iris?
What happens to nuclei and organelles in mature lens fibers?
What forms the epithelium of the ciliary body?
From which part of the brain does the optic vesicle evaginate?
What is the embryonic origin of the choroid?
What space separates the two layers of the optic cup during development?
Which structure drains aqueous humor into the venous circulation?
What is the embryonic origin of the sclera?
What forms the epithelium of the iris?
What is the developmental origin of the dilator pupillae muscle?