Brain Bee Chapter 8 - Jacey Flashcards
The basic plan of the brain is virtually _________ from person to person and recognizably similar across all mammals.
identical
every step begins in the…
early life
oocyte combined with sperm cell equals ______
zygote
Zygotes divide through the process of ________, forming a ________.
cleavage, blastula
the blastocyte then plants itself into the:
uterine wall
A blastocyte is a _________ blastula.
mammalian
define gastrulation:
the process of a gastrula turning from a blastula.
Starting at day 7, blastula cells rearrange themselves in a process called ____________ into ______ layers.
gastrulation, three
three layers of cells will develop divergently through…
differentiation
differentiation gives rise to:
the all the body tissues
define neurolation:
the folding process in vertebrate embryos - the transformation of the neural plate into the neural tube
name the two conditions if the neural tube does not close
spina bifida and anencephaly
name the two types of spina bifida:
open spina bifida, closed spina bifida
name the process of oocyte + sperm cell → zygote:
fertilization
name the process of zygote → blastula:
cleavage