Antepartum (Topic 4) Flashcards
Union of the male sex cell (sperm) and the female sex cell (ovum)
Conception
Reproductive cell
Gamete
Formation of gametes (ova) in the female.
Oogenesis
Formation of male gametes (sperm) in the testes
Spermatogenesis
Reduction cell division in gametes that halves the number of chromosomes (haploid)in each cell.
Meiosis
Implantation of the fertilized ovum in the uterine endometrium
Nidation
A term referring to the endometrium during pregnancy.
Decidua
The developing baby from conception through the first two weeks of prenatal life.
Zygote
The developing baby from the beginning of the 3rd week through the 8th week after conception.
Embryo
The developing baby from 9 weeks after conception until birth.
Fetus
Prenatal age of the developing baby (measured in weeks) calculated from the
first day of the woman’s last menstrual period.
Gestational age/Age of Gestation (AOG)
The X or Y chromosomes
Sex chromosomes
What phase is after the secretory phase without coitus
Ischemic phase
OVULATION OCCURS APPROXIMATELY ON THE _____
14TH DAY OF YOUR CYCLE (FOR REGULARS)
AVERAGE LENGTH OF A CYCLE
SHORT CYCLE
LONG CYCLE
FACTORS AFFECTING CONCEPTION (3)
- Timing
- Ovum Condition
- Sperm Capacity
How mL of semen is ejaculated per ejaculation
2.5 mL
How many spermatozoa per mL, comes out during ejaculation?
50-200 million spermatozoa/mL
what is the average sperm count per ejaculation?
400 million sperm/ejaculation
What helps the motility of the sperm during its entrance to the female organ?
Tail, Uterine contractions
Transport time of semen from vagina to cervix and from vagina to fallopian tube
80 secs from vagina to cervix
5 mins from vagina to fallopian tube
Also called as Pre- Embryonic Development
Zygotic Stage
Stage from conception/fertilization through the 1st two weeks of pregnancy.
Pre- Embryonic Development/ Zygotic Stage
Process where the sperm released intravaginally undergoes removal of plasma membrane, where loss
of seminal plasma lipids, CHONS
CAPACITATION
This happens at Days 0-2 after Coitus
Fertilization
This coat must be removed to enable fertilization – 7 hours
glycoCHON coat
Reaction where there is a release of HYALURONIDASE on the surface of the ovum, breaks down
CORONA RADIATA, clears HYALURONIC acid
ACROSOMAL REACTION
What is released on the surface of the ovum during acrosomal reaction
HYALURONIDASE
What is broken down in an acrosomal reaction by the release of hyaluronidase
CORONA RADIATA
ACROSOMAL REACTION – release of HYALURONIDASE on the surface of the ovum, breaks down
CORONA RADIATA, clears _______
HYALURONIC acid
When the Ovum reacts with sperm enzyme, it undergoes _______ and ________
BLOCK TO POLYSPERMY
CORTICAL REACTION
Where the zona pellucida reacts by preventing other sperm cells to enter.
BLOCK TO POLYSPERMY
Granules are released, water is pushed away from the egg, creates a “FERTILIZATION MEMBRANE”, takes 10 – 24 hours to complete
CORTICAL REACTION
What reacts by preventing other sperm cells to enter
zona pellucida
What membrane is created from cortical reaction
FERTILIZATION MEMBRANE
how many hours for the cortical reaction to complete
10 – 24 hours
fertilized ovum
ZYGOTE
Fertilization takes place in the ____
Ampulla of the fallopian tube
In what days does the zygote assumes a mulberry appearance, called the Morula
Days 3 – 6
The zygote assumes a mulberry appearance, called the ________
Morula
What day does the morula becomes a hollow, fluid-filled Blastocyst
Day 7
In day 7, the morula becomes a ______, fluid-filled _______
hollow
Blastocyst
What burrows into the
soft uterine lining (Decidua)
blastocyst
Where does the blastocyst burrows into
Decidua
The outer layer of the blastocyst which becomes covered with finger-like tissue projections
(chorionic villi)
Trophoblast
Finger-like tissue projections during Trophoblast
Chorionic villi
During implanting blastocyst, the zygote consists of a sphere of what two cells
Trophoblast cells
Eccentric cell
Cluster of Trophoblast cells and eccentric cells
Inner cell mass
Aids in the process of implantation in the endometrium
Chorionic villi
It undergoes cell multiplication
cleavage formation occurs as cell divides
ZYGOTE
Cells creating cell mass,
held together by zona pellucida
BLASTOMERES
Blastomeres are held together by __________
zona pellucida
Blastomeres that formed into 12 – 16 cells, differentiates into 2 layers of cells
Morula
How many cells are formed from blastomeres in a morula
12 – 16 cells
single cell that can give rise to a new organism
Totipotent
Cells that has the capacity to self-renew
Pluripotent
Has the capacity to develop into more than one cell type but more limited than pluripotent cells
Multipotent
What two main processes occurs in the zygotic stage
FERTILIZATION
IMPLANTATION/NIDATION
This happens on Days 8-10 after coitus
IMPLANTATION/NIDATION
Migration of zygote from the fallopian tube to the body of the uterus for lasts 3-4 days
IMPLANTATION / NIDATION