Early developmental stages Flashcards
Fertilization is…
The joining of sperm and ovum
Fertilization usually occurs in the ____ of the Fallopian tube
Ampulla
How does the sperm penetrate the corona radiate and zone pelluicida?
By the use of acrosomal enzymes
Once the sperm contacts the located plasma membrane … The sperm establishes the ___ and injects its nucleus
Acrosomal apparatus
When the first sperm penetrates, it causes the release of what?
Calcium ions
The release of calcium ions, when the sperm penetrates, prevents what?
Prevents additional sperm from fertilizing the egg and increases the metabolic rate of the resulting zygote - this is called cortical reaction
A secondary locate is ovulated from the follicle on approximately what day of the cycle ?
Day 14
after fertilization, the zygote travels to the..
uterus for implantation
cleavage
when the zygote undergoes rapid mitotic cell divisions
one of the zygotes defining characteristics is:
unicellularity
by the zygote dividing into smaller cells, the cells increase two ratios:
nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio
surface area - to - volume ratio
two types of cleavage:
indeterminate cleavage
determinate cleavage
indeterminate cleavage
results in cells that can still develop into complete organisms
determinate cleavage
results in cells with fates that are already determined
these cells are committed to differentiating into a certain type of cell
morula
the embryo becoming a solid mass of cells
once the moral is formed, it undergoes _______
blastulation
blastulation forms the ______
blastula