Basics Of Embryology I Flashcards
Sperm cells in meiosis
4 viable haploid cells
Egg in meiosis
1 viable haploid cell and 3 polar bodies
Meiosis
- Specialized process of cell division that occurs only in the germ line
- diploid germ cell replicated DNA, has 2 divisions and yields 4 haploid cells
Mitosis
Normal cell division
-dipolide 2N replicates DNA with one division, 2 daughter cells
Day 0
Zygote is formed
Once a haploid sperm cell fuses with the haploid egg, the egg is then called a
Zygote
When is the pronuclear stage?
Day 0
When is the 2-cell stage?
Day 1 (24 hours)
When is the 4 cell stage?
Day 2 (48 hours)
When is the 8 cell stage
Day 3 (72 hours)
When is the morula formed
Day 4 (96 hours)
When does the blastocyst form?
Day 5 (120 hours)
When does fertilization happen?
Day 0
After initial meiosis
Its then all mitosis
When does cleavage happen?
Day 1
Cleavage
The zygote initiates a rapid serious of mitotic cell divisions. The cells increase in the number but the zygote does not increase in size. The cells still maintain contact even after dividing
What are the daughter cells after cleavage called?
Blastomeres
When do you first start seeing blastomeres?
Day 1
What happens once the cells get to the 8 cell phase?
They begin to undergo compaction. They become adhered to one another by tight junctions
When does compaction occur
Day 3
What is the embryo called when it has 16-32 cells?
Morula
When does the morula form
Day 4
Inner cell mass (embryoblast)
With compaction, some blastomeres segregate to the center of the morula and others to the outside. The centrally placed blastomeres are now called this