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Neurulation MCQs: practice questions
Sample Neurulation multiple-choice questions from Third & Fourth Weeks.
What is the immediate embryonic precursor of the neural tube?
- A. Neural crest
- B. Somite
- C. Surface ectoderm
- D. Neural plate
- E. Notochord
Which part of the neural tube forms the brain?
- A. Cranial part
- B. Neural folds only
- C. Caudal part
- D. Entire neural crest
- E. Surface ectoderm
What do the anterior and posterior neuropores connect?
- A. Neural tube with uterine cavity
- B. Primitive streak with chorion
- C. Neural-tube lumen with the amniotic cavity
- D. Yolk sac with chorionic cavity
- E. Amnion with yolk sac
What is neurulation?
- A. Formation of the placenta
- B. Formation and closure of the neural tube
- C. Formation of the primitive streak
- D. Formation of somites
- E. Formation of the yolk sac
What induces the overlying ectoderm to form the neural plate?
- A. Yolk sac
- B. Notochord
- C. Intermediate mesoderm
- D. Primitive streak
- E. Trophoblast
Which autonomic neurons arise from the neural tube?
Which meningeal component is derived from mesoderm?
When does the anterior neuropore close?
When does the posterior neuropore close?
Which cell population is multipotent and migratory?
Failure of posterior neuropore closure is associated with which defect?
What adult structure is associated with the closed anterior neuropore?
Which cells form the skeletal-muscle motor neurons?
Which autonomic structures are derived from neural crest cells?
What does the neural plate consist of?
Which part of the neural tube forms the spinal cord?
Which adrenal structure is derived from neural crest?
What does the cavity of the neural tube become?
What is the primary developmental role of the neural tube?
Which fibroblast growth factor is listed in neurulation?
What structure forms when the neural folds fuse in the midline?
Where do neural crest cells develop?
During which week is the neural plate formed?
Which structure is derived from neural crest cells?
Which neurons are formed by neuroblasts of the neural tube?
Which molecular factor is listed as participating in neurulation?
Failure of anterior neuropore closure is associated with which defect?
Which meningeal components are derived from neural crest cells?
Which signaling protein is described as an inductor during neurulation?
What lies between the neural tube and surface ectoderm after neural-tube formation?