Embriology - week 1 Flashcards
Prenatal is how many weeks?
38 from conception, 40 from gestational
prenatal is 40 weeks from what?
LMP -
Embryonic period is how many weeks?
First 8 - all major organs formed, sensitive to harmful factors
Fetal period is how many weeks
30 weeks - organs grow and become more complex
What is organogenesis?
The embryonic 8 week period
Early embryology states focus on what characteristics?
Morphologic
State 1 of Embryology is what?
Fertilization -
Embryonic development ends at what state?
Stage 23 (day 56)
At 3 weeks, what occurs?
Gastrulation, notochord, and beginning of nerual tube
At week 4 what occurs?
Neural tube closes, heart beats, arm buds form, tail and gill grooves form
At week 5, what occurs
Eye parts form, leg buds, brain enlarges
At week 6, what occurs?
6 - webbed fingers , external ears, pigment in retina, tales and gills disappear
At week 7, what occurs?
Webbed toes form, bones begin to harden, back straightens, eyelids
At week 8, what occurs?
Upper limbs bend at elbows, gentialia begins, fingers distinct
At week 9, what occurs?
toes separate, major brain parts are present
At week 10, what occurs?
chin grows, nostrils separate, face appears human, genitalia appear male or female
At week 11 and 12, what occurs?
Defined neck, genitalia complete, sucking reflex.
What is cell differentiation?
During development, cells specify moving from multipotent stem cell.
What cells are formed in the Ectoderm?
Skin, Neuron of brain, Pigment.
What cells are formed in the Mesoderm?
Muscles, Tubule cell of Kidney, RBC
What cells are formed in the Endoderm?
Pancreatic, Thyroid, Lung
What are germ cells?
Sperm and Egg.
What is gastrula?
An embryo at the stage following the blastula, when it is a hollow cup-shaped structure having three layers of cells.
What is Morphogenesis?
Formation of shape during development.