Embryology: neural tube: practice question

The best answer is A, Spina bifida. The caudal neuropore gives rise to lower neural-tube structures, and failure of closure causes spinal dysraphism such as spina bifida.

Tracheoesophageal fistula arises from abnormal foregut partitioning.

Anencephaly results from rostral neuropore failure.

Cleft lip results from facial-process fusion failure.

It tests Embryology: neural tube in Anatomy. Failure of rostral neuropore closure causes anencephaly.

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

Learn every nerve by its route, its muscles and what a lesion looks like at the bedside. That one habit answers a large share of questions. Then use the flashcards and the other Anatomy questions on this site to test what stuck.

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