Definitions Flashcards

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The formation of body structures, organs, requires cell division, cell differentiation

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Embryogenesis

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Study of the prenatal development of an organism

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Embryology

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2
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Formation of body structures and organs

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Organogenesis

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3
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Cell division

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Proliferation

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4
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Cell differentiation

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Specialization

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Branch of embryology that deals with the cause and results of abnormal development or congenital malformation.

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Teratology

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Result of cells expressing some genes and suppressing others within a common genome.

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Cell differentiation

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Abnormality arise during prenatal development

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Congenital malformation or congenital defect

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10
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Cell division that results in two daughter cells having diploid number of chromosomes that are identical to the parent cell.

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Mitosis

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Cell differ because they produce different proteins such as:

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Structural composition
Enzymes
Secretory products
Channels and pumps
Receptors
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12
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Developmental disturbance that involves an organ or portion of an organ

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Anomaly

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13
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Where is the non mitotic cell located in?

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Interphase stage

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Chromosomes condense and become visible; nuclear membrane disappears under the light microscope.

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Prophase

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Individual, double-chromatid chromosomes align randomly at the equatorial region between centrioles.

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Metaphase

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Two chromatids per chromosome separate as the centromere divides and each chromatid becomes a chromosome in a new nucleus

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Anaphase

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Cytoplasm divides (cytokinesis); cell membrane divides; chromosomes become invisible and the nuclear membrane reappears.

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Telophase

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Has two diploid cells having haploid number of chromosomes

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Meiosis

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Group of cells, in the form of epithelium or mesenchyme that give rise to all tissue and body organs?

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Germ layer

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Three primary germ layers?

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Ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm

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Organized cells closely joined together at their lateral surfaces and having distinct apical and basal surfaces

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Epethelium

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Epithelium is composed of _______ & ________ of cells

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Single layer (simple epithelium) & several layers (stratified epithelium)

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Epithelium may differentiate into a?

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Mesenchyme

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Group of loosely and irregularly arranged embryonic stellate cells separated by an extensive extracellular cells.

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Mesenchyme

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Three facts about a mesenchyme?

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Present in the embryo.
May differentiate into a epithelium.
Differentiate into adult structure as the embryo grows.

26
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Tissue that connects and support other tissues of the body?

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Connective tissue

27
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All develop in sequential manner from a fertilized?

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Ovum

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Characteristics common to all vertebrate embryos

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All develop in sequential manner from a fertilized ovum.
All share similar structures.
All pass through a common stage of development during which they present similar anatomical features.

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Removal of proteins that cover the sperm also increases sperm motility.

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Sperm capacitation

30
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Lytic enzymes released by acrosome

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Hyaluronidase and acrosin or zona lysin

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Lytic enzymes that targets corona radiata

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Hyaluronidase

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Lytic enzyme: zona pellucida

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Acrosin or zona lysin

33
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Developmental disturbance that involves several organs and causes great distortion of the individual

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Monstrosity

38
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Study of embryogenesis

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Embryology