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Central Nervous System - Primary Vesicles

These 3 primary brain vesicles develop initially due to the neural plate being broader at the cranial (brain) end that the narrower caudal (spinal cord) end. When the plate fuses to form a tube, these 3 initial expansions (vesicles) result.

  1. forebrain (prosencephalon)
  2. midbrain (mesencephalon)
  3. hindbrain (rhombencephalon)
  • Development of the three primary brain vesicles on GD 10.5 in rats and 26 ± 1 in humans.
  • Corresponding shading between panels illustrates the earlier origins of different regions from the three original brain vesicles with a horizontal and lateral view, respectively.
  • Later they will develop into the 5 secondary vesicles (telencephalon - diencephalon - mesencephalon - metencephalon - myelencephalon)


Neural Tube Development
Neural Tube Primary Vesicles Secondary Vesicles Adult Structures
week 3 week 4 week 5 adult
neural plate
neural groove
neural tube

Brain
prosencephalon (forebrain) telencephalon Rhinencephalon, Amygdala, hippocampus, cerebrum (cortex), hypothalamus‎, pituitary | Basal Ganglia, lateral ventricles
diencephalon epithalamus, thalamus, Subthalamus, pineal, posterior commissure, pretectum, third ventricle
mesencephalon (midbrain) mesencephalon tectum, Cerebral peduncle, cerebral aqueduct, pons
rhombencephalon (hindbrain) metencephalon cerebellum
myelencephalon medulla oblongata, isthmus
spinal cord, pyramidal decussation, central canal
Links: 3 primary vesicles | 5 secondary vesicles | Neural System Development

Reference

<pubmed>10852851</pubmed>| Environmental Health Perspectives | PMC: 1637807


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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 16) Embryology CNS primary vesicles.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:CNS_primary_vesicles.jpg

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