Chapter 4 - Cleavage & Blastulation Flashcards
The series of divisions of the early embryo which occur within the confines of the zona pellucida.
cleavage or segmentation
Resulting cells from the cleavage segmentation
Blastomeres & Blastoderm
2 types of cleavage
Holoblastic & Meroblastic
- Complete segmentation
- Cells become subdivided completely into blastomeres
Holoblastic cleavage
- Incomplete segmentation
- Only a part of the cell is subdivided into blastomeres
Meroblastic cleavage
Contains a little yolk material that undergo the segmentation division first.
Animal pole
Contains much of the yolk material which is the last to be segmented.
Vegetal pole
Where does segmentation division begin, this is also where the blastodisc or embryonic disc is located?
Animal pole
Ovum with evenly distributed yolk
Isolecithal
ovum in which the yolk is concentrated in the interior of the egg and
the cytoplasm is distributed as a thin coat on the external surface
Centrolecithal
ovum in which the amount of yolk present displaces the embryo forming
cytoplasm into a small area at the animal pole.
Telolecithal
The 1st cleavage furrow divides the cell LONGITUDINALLY into how many equal cells?
2 cells, 2 cell stage
The 2nd cleavage furrow HORIZONTALLY divides the cells into how many equal cells?
4 cells, 4 cell stage
- Ball of cells
- Cellular mass of embryo
- occupies perivitelline space
- means mulberry in Latin
Morula
Result of further cleavage division, a compact mass embryo which occupies 60-70% of perivitelline space is called.
Compacted morula