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What is gametogenesis?

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The formation of gametes (sex cells) by meiosis from a diploid germ cell

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What is oogenesis?

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The production of egg cells in the ovaries

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Where does oogenesis start?

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In the ovaries of a female fetus

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What are germ cells?

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A reproductive cell of the body

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What are germ cells?

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A reproductive cell of the body

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How do germ cells divide and where do they go?

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They divide by mitosis and the cells formed move to distrubute themselves through the cortex of the ovary

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What happen to germ cells when the fetus is about 4-5 months old?

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These cells grow and start to divide by meiosis

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By the 7th month of the fetus, what stage of meiosis are the germ cells at and what is formed?

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  • still in first dividion of meiosis
  • single layer of cells, called follicle cells has formed around them
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What is a follicle cell?

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A single layer of cell that forms around the germ cells undergoing first stage meiosis in the 7th month of the fetus

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What happens to the germ cells undergoing the first division of meiosis before puberty?

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Nothing
No further development takes place until after puberty

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What happens to the germ cells undergoing the first division of meiosis before puberty?

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Nothing
No further development takes place until after puberty

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What is a primary follicle?

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The cell that has started to divide by meiosis, together with the surrounding follicle cels

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How many primary follicles are there in the ovaries at birth?

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around 400,000

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Are there any production of primary follicles after birth?

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No. No more primary follicles are produced

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What happens to the primary follicles at the start of each mentrual cycle?

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A small batch are stimulated to develop by FSH
Usually only one goes on to become a mature follicle, containing a secondary oocyte

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What stimulates the development of a primary follicle?

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FSH

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What is the difference between a mature ovarian follicle compared to a primary follicle?

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Many more follicle cells, outer and inner follicle cells and cavities

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What is the difference between a mature ovarian follicle compared to a primary follicle?

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Many more follicle cells, outer and inner follicle cells and cavities

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What is spermatogenesis?

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the production of sperm

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Where does spermatogenesis occur?

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in testes

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What are testes composed of?

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compoased of a mass of narrow tubes, called seminiferous tubutles, with small groups of cells filling the gaps between the tubules, called interstices, so the cells in them are interstitial cells

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What are sometimes also called Leydig cells?

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Interstitial cells

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What is the seminiferous tubules also made of?

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Cells

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What is the outer layer of cells of the seminiferous tubules called

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Germinal epithelium
Also where the process of sperm production begins

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Where does the process of sperm production begin?

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In the outer layer of cells of the seminiferous tubules called the germinal epithelium

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What can be found inside the germinal epithelium?

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Cells in various stages of sperm production

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Where can you find the cells with the most mature stages of sperm production in the germinal epithelium?

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Closest to the fluid-filled centre of the seminiferous tubule

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What are cells that have developed tails called?

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Spermatozoa (abbv. sperm)

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What are sertoli cells and where can they be found?

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They are large nurse cells foundin the wall of the seminiferous tubule

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What are the stages of spermatogenesis?

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What are the stages of oogenesis

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Annotate the egg

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Annotate the sperm

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Annotate the sperm

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What does each mature sperm consist of?

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  • a haploid nucleus
  • a system for movement
  • a system of enzymes and other proteins that enable the sperm to enter the egg
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What does each mature sperm consist of?

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  • a haploid nucleus
  • a system for movement
  • a system of enzymes and other proteins that enable the sperm to enter the egg
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What does each complete meiotic division of sperm result in?

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4 spermatids

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38
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What happens when sperm differentiate?

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They elimiate most of their cytoplasm

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What happens when sperm differentiate?

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They elimiate most of their cytoplasm

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How is the cytoplasm different in eggs and sperms?

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Sperm eliminate most cytoplasm during differentiation, but eggs must increase its cytoplasm

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How is the cytoplasm different in eggs and sperms?

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Sperm eliminate most cytoplasm during differentiation, but eggs must increase its cytoplasm

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All requirement for what must be present in the egg?

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All of the requirements for beginning the growth and development of the early embryo must be present in the egg

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In females, what does the first division of meiosis produce?

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One large cell and one very small cell (first polar body)

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What happens to the first polar body?

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it eventually degenerates

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What happens to the large cell that is produced in the first division of meiosis?

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It undergoes the second division of meiosis, completeing it after fertilisation

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What happens to the large cell that is produced in the first division of meiosis?

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It undergoes the second division of meiosis, completeing it after fertilisation

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What is produced after the second division of meiosis?

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Again, one large cell and one very small cell (second polar body and it also degenerates and dies)

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What is produced after the second division of meiosis?

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Again, one large cell and one very small cell (second polar body and it also degenerates and dies)

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What is the only product of meosis that survives in females?

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Only the large cell, which is the female gamete, survives

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What is the result of only the large cell of the secon division of meiosis surviving?

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The egg is much larger than the sperm cell

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How often does the process of egg formation happen?

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Once per menstrual cycle in humans and usually only one egg per cycle is produced

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From puberty to menopause, how likely are female gametes produced?

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Only a few hundred female gametes are likely to be produced

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From puberty onwards, how likely are male gametes produced?

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From puberty onwards, the testes produce sperm continuously. At any time, there are millions of sperm at all stages of development

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What is fertilization?

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The union of a sperm and an egg to form a zygote

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What is fertilization?

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The union of a sperm and an egg to form a zygote

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What is a zygote?

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a diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.

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What is a zygote?

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a diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.

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What allows directional swimming of the sperm to the egg?

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The membrane of sperm have rceptors that can detect chemicals released by the egg

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What allows directional swimming of the sperm to the egg?

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The membrane of sperm have rceptors that can detect chemicals released by the egg

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What is polyspermy?

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When multiple sperm enters a single egg

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What are the events that allows the union of a sperm and an egg?

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  1. The acrosome reaction
  2. Penetration of he egg membrane
  3. The cortical reaction
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What happens in the acrosome reaction?

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The sperm binds to the zona pellucida and the contents of the acrosome are released. The enzymes from it digest the zona pellucida

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What happens in the acrosome reaction?

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The sperm binds to the zona pellucida and the contents of the acrosome are released. The enzymes from it digest the zona pellucida

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What happens in the acrosome reaction?

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The sperm binds to the zona pellucida and the contents of the acrosome are released. The enzymes from it digest the zona pellucida

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What is the zona pellucida?

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A coat of glycoproteins that surrounds the egg

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What is the acrosome?

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Large membrane-bound sac of enzymes in the head of the sperm

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What is the acrosome?

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Large membrane-bound sac of enzymes in the head of the sperm

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What happens in the penetration of the egg membrane?

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  • The acrosome reaction exposes an area of the membrane on the tip of the sperm that has proteins that can bind to the egg membrane
  • The first sperm gets through the zona pellucida and binds
  • the membranes of sperm and egg fuse together
  • sperm nucleus enters the egg cell
  • this is the moment of fertilization
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What are cortical granules?

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Vesicles located near the egg membrane
* there are thousands of these vesicles
* the enzymes in them result in the digestion of binding proteins

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What happens in the cortical reaction?

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  • Activation of the egg by the sperm penetrating the egg
  • cortical granules release their contents from the egg by exocytosis
  • the cortical vesicles enzymes result in the digestion of binding proteins so that no furhter sperm can bind
  • The enzymes also result in the general hardening of the zona pellucida
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What is the difference between aquatic and terrestrial animals fertilization, what is the exception?

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Aquatic: release their gametes directly into the water in a process that will lead to external fertilization

Terrestrial: Dependent on internal fertilization

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What is the difference between aquatic and terrestrial animals fertilization, what is the exception?

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Aquatic: release their gametes directly into the water in a process that will lead to external fertilization

Terrestrial: Dependent on internal fertilization

Marine mammals which have reinvaded aquatic habitats still use internal fertilization

73
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How do aquatic animals bring eggs into proximity with sperm?

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Such animals often have certain behaviours

74
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How do aquatic animals bring eggs into proximity with sperm?

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Such animals often have certain behaviours

75
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What are some risks of external fertilization?

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  • predation
  • susceptibility to environmntal variation such as temperature and pH fluctuation
  • pollution
76
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Why are terrestrial animals dependent on internal fertilisation?

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Risk of drying out

77
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What does internal fertilisation ensure?

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The sperm and ova are placed in prolonged close proximity to each other
the developing embryo can be protected inside the female

78
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What does internal fertilisation ensure?

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The sperm and ova are placed in prolonged close proximity to each other
the developing embryo can be protected inside the female

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What happens after fertilization?

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  • the fertilized ovum divides by motosis to form two diploid muclei and the cytoplasm of the fertilized egg cell divides equally to form a two cell embryo, then mitosis again, then a 4 cell embryo
  • The cells replicate their DNA
  • Further mitosis occurs but some divisions are unequal
  • Migration of cells give the embryo a hollow ball shape -> blatocyst
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What is a blastocyst?

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The embryo in the shape of a hollow ball due to the migration of cells and unqual divisions of the original fertilized ovum

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What happens to a 7 year old blastocyst?

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  • consists of 125 cells
  • reached the uterus, having been moved down the oviduct by the cilia of cells i the oviduct wall
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What happens to a 7 year old blastocyst?

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  • consists of 125 cells
  • reached the uterus, having been moved down the oviduct by the cilia of cells in the oviduct wall
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How does the blastocyst move down the oviduct?

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By the cilia of cells in the oviduct

84
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How does the blastocyst move down the oviduct?

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By the cilia of cells in the oviduct

85
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When does implantation occur?

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when the blastocyst is 7 days old

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What also happens to the blastocyst at 7 years old that its undergoes a process called implantation?

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  • the zona pellucida which surrounded and protected the embryo breaks down
  • the blastocyst has used up the reserves of the egg cell and needs an external supply of food
  • obtains this by sinking into the endometrium or uterus lining in a process called implantation
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What is the process of implantation?

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  • the zona pellucida which surrounded and protected the embryo breaks down
  • the blastocyst has used up the reserves of the egg cell and needs an external supply of food
  • obtains this by sinking into the endometrium or uterus lining
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How does the blastocyst penetrate the uterus lining during implantation?

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The outer layer of the blastocyst develops finger-like projections allowing the blastocyst to penetrate the uterus lining

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How does the blastocyst penetrate the uterus lining during implantation?

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The outer layer of the blastocyst develops finger-like projections allowing the blastocyst to penetrate the uterus lining

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What does the finger-like projections of the blastocyst allow for?

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  • penetration of the uterus lining
  • exchange materials with the mother’s blood, including absorbing foods and oxygen
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What does the finger-like projections of the blastocyst allow for?

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  • penetration of the uterus lining
  • exchange materials with the mother’s blood, including absorbing foods and oxygen
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What happens to the embryo by 8 weeks after implantation?

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  • the embryo grows and develops rapidly and by eight weeks has started to form bone tissue
  • considered to be a fetus rather than an embryo
  • is recognizably human and soon visibly either male or female
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What does pregnancy depend on?

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The maintenance of the endometrium

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How is the endometrium maintained?

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Depends on the continued production of progesterone and estrogen
* these hormones prevent the degeneration of the uterus lining which is required to support the developing fetus

95
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What is HCG? What does it stimulate?

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Human chorionic gonadotropin
* stimulates the corpus luteum in the ovary to continue to secrete progesterone and estrogen
* Stimulate the continued development of the uterus wall, which supplies the embry with everything that it needs

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What is HCG? What does it stimulate?

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Human chorionic gonadotropin
* stimulates the corpus luteum in the ovary to continue to secrete progesterone and estrogen
* Stimulate the continued development of the uterus wall, which supplies the embry with everything that it needs

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Why is the continued development of the uterus wall important?

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It supplies the embryo with everything that it needs

98
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Why is the continued development of the uterus wall important?

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It supplies the embryo with everything that it needs

99
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What are the 3 groups of mammals?

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  • placental mammals (humans)
  • monotremes (lay eggs)
  • Marsupials (give brith to relarively undeveloped offspring that develop inside a pounch
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By the time a marsupial is born, what stage would a human fetus be at?

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A human fetus has developed a relatively complex placenta and so can remain in the uterus for months longer

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By the time a marsupial is born, what stage would a human fetus be at?

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A human fetus has developed a relatively complex placenta and so can remain in the uterus for months longer

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Why is a placenta needed?

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Because the body surface area to volume ration becomes smaller as the fetus grows larger

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What is the placenta made of?

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  • fetal tissues
  • in intimate contact with maternal tissues in the uterus wall
  • the fetus also develops membranes that form the amniotic sac
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What is contained in the amniotic sac?

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amniotic fluid, which supports and protects the developing fetus

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What is the basic functional unit of the placenta?

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A finger-like piece of fetal tissue called a placental villus

106
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Why does the placental villus increase in number during pregnancy?

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to cope with the increasing demands of the fetus for the exchange of materials with the mother

107
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Why does the placental villus increase in number during pregnancy?

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to cope with the increasing demands of the fetus for the exchange of materials with the mother

108
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Where does the maternal blood flow in the placental villus?

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They flow in the inter-villous spaces around the villi

109
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Why is the type of circulation in the placental villus unusual?

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Blood is almost always confined in blood vessels but fetal blood circulates in blood capillaries, close to the surface of each villus

110
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Why is important that the mother’s and fetus’ blood do not mix in the placenta?

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Different blood type -> coagulation
Different pressure -> mother’s is too high for the fetus capilarries

111
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What is the structure of the placenta?

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112
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Why is the distance between fetal and maternal blood very small?

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Fetal blood circulates in blood capillaires, close to the surface of each villus

113
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What is the placental barrier?

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The cells that separate maternal and fetal blood form the placental barrier
* selectively permeable allowing some subtances to pass, but not others

114
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What are exchanged between the fetal and maternal blood through the placental barrier?

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Fetal to maternal
* Carbon dioxide (diffusion)
* Urea
* water

Maternal to fetal
* Oxygen (diffusion)
* glucose (facilitated diffusion)
* antibodies (endocytosis)

115
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By the ninth week of pregnancy, what secretes estrogen and progesterone?

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The placenta

116
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By the ninth week of pregnancy, what secretes estrogen and progesterone?

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The placenta

117
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What causes miscarriage after 9 weeks?

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If the switchover of the corpus luteum secreting estrogen and progesterone to the placenta fails

118
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What causes miscarriage after 9 weeks?

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If the switchover of the corpus luteum secreting estrogen and progesterone to the placenta fails

119
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Once the placenta secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone, what is not needed?

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The corpus luteum is no longer needed for this role

120
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What is the role of estrogen and progesterone secreted by the placenta?

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Estrogen
* stimulate the growth of uterine muscles (myometrium)
* development of the mammary glands

Progesterone
* Maintains. theendometrium
* reduce uterine contractions and potential maternal immune responses

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What happens to levels of estrogen and progesterone near the time of birth?

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Levels drop

122
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What does high levels of estrogen do in women?

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They inhibit FSH release
High levels of estrogen mimic preganancy

123
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How do contraceptive pills work?

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They contain estrogen, which would mimic preganancy and inhibit the development of mature follicles thus preventing preganancy

124
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How do contraceptive pills work?

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They contain estrogen, which would mimic preganancy and inhibit the development of mature follicles thus preventing preganancy

125
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What is the problem of using too much contraceptive pill?

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The hormones can be found in water and in sewages

126
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What are some problems regarding fish linked to estrogen pollution?

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86% of male fish were intersex and that male fish showed signs of feminization
reduce male fertility

127
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What are some problems regarding fish linked to estrogen pollution?

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86% of male fish were intersex and that male fish showed signs of feminization
reduce male fertility

128
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What can be done to treat estrogen pollution?

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  • upgrading technology for wastewater treatment could eliminate most of the pollution
  • Preventing animals from urinating close to rivers as they the drugs are also widely used in livestock
129
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During pregnancy, what does progesterone do?

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They inhibit secretion of oxytocin by the pituitary gland and also inhibits contractions of the muscular outer wall of the uterus - the myometrium

130
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At the end of pregnancy, what signals the placenta to stop secreting progesterone?

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The hormones produced by the fetus signals to the placenta and oxytocin is therefore secreted

131
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Where is oxytocin secreted?

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The pituitary gland

132
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What does oxytocin stimulate?

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contractions of the muscle fibres in the myometrium

133
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What are the contractions in the myometrium due to oxytocin detected by?

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Detected by stretch receptors

134
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How is oxytocin in pregnancy an example of a positive feedback system

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  • oxytocin stimulates contractions of the muscle fibres in the myometrium
  • contractions are detected by stretch receptors
  • signas the pituitary gland to increase oxytocin secretion
  • increased oxytocin makes the contraction more frequent and more vigorous, causing mroe oxytocin secretion
135
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What is the advantage of causing a gradual increase in the myometrium contractions?

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Allows the baby to be born with the minimum intensity of contractions

136
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What causes the cervix to dilate?

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Relaxation of the muscle fibres in the cervix

137
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What do uterine contractions do?

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Bursts the amniotic sac and the amniotic fluid passes out
* there are further uterine contractions and finally push the baby out through the cervix and vagina

138
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What do uterine contractions do?

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Bursts the amniotic sac and the amniotic fluid passes out
* there are further uterine contractions and finally push the baby out through the cervix and vagina

139
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What is parturition?

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Birth

140
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Once the baby is pushed out, what happens to the umbilical cord?

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The umbilical cord is broken and expelled out the body along with the placenta

141
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What are the stages of childbirth?

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  1. Baby positions itself before birth so that its head rests close to the cervix
  2. Baby passes into vagina and amniotic fluid is released
  3. Baby is pushed out of mother’s body
  4. Placenta and umbilical cord are expelled from body
142
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What is gestation period?

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Fetal development period from the time of conception until birth

143
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What do altricial species give birth to?

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  • relatively helpless
  • incompletly developed offsprings
  • relatively immobile
  • lack hair
  • unable to obtain food on thir own
144
Q

What are precocial mammals?

A
  • open eyes
  • hair
  • immediately mobile
  • somewhat able to defend themselves against predators
145
Q

What are mammals with a large body size most likely to be? Altricial or precocial?

A

Precocial
this is correlated with a long gestation period

146
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Explain the graph

A

Estrogen and Progesterone
* once placenta is deveoped, it starts to secrete both estrogen and progesterone at higher conc.
* oestrogen to build up the endometrium
* progesterone to maintain the endometrium throughout the preganancy -> for rich blood supply (O2 + glucose)
HCG
* In the first 8-10 weeks, HCG is required to stimulate the corpus luteum to produce estrogen and progesteron
* By week 8, the placenta is fully developed and no need for HCG anymore so conc. decrease

147
Q

Why does HCG stimulate the corpus luteum. inthe ovary to continue to secrete progesterone and oestrogen?

A

to inhibit FSH and LH to prevent further eggs developing or ovulation occuring

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