1D - Development(3) Flashcards
What is the blastula of most animals?
Hollow sphere
In birds/reptiles/amphibians, what is the blastula replaced by?
Thin blastodisk, sits on top of blastocele
What is below blastocele?
Non-cellular yolk
What is behind blastodisk?
Yolk
What is underneath blastodisk?
Blastocele
What is the space (middle) of primitive streak called?
Primitive groove (middle)
Who was the first person to study plankton and coin the term primitive node?
Victor Hensen
What is the single-layer tissue that forms blastodisk?
Epiblast
Does tissue in blastodisk move medially toward primitive streak?
Yes, when it gets to primitive streak, it rolls inward and swings laterally
T/F: Cells involute from epiblast and roll inside
True
When tissue rolls inside, what does it form?
Can form endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm
Frogs and Humans: Side of involution
- Humans have elongated locus of involution (primitive streak).
- Frog site of involution is blastopore
What is the central portion of primitive streak where tissue involutes to form endoderm and mesoderm?
Primitive groove
What is the node at anterior (rostral) end of primitive streak?
Hensen’s node (specialized region of primitive streak)
Hensen’s node in humans is homologous to what structure?
Dorsal lip of blastopore in frogs
In frogs, the very 1st tissue to involute happens at dorsal lip of blastopore, which ends up forming mesoderm of notochord.
Analogous at Hensen’s node. Tissue rolls in, involute tissue moves forward towards the front end of the animal and forms the head process which gives rise to the notochord.