Embroyology Flashcards
pre embroyonic period
0- 2 wks
embroyonic period
3- 8 wks
fetal period
9 wk till birth
primordial germ cell formed from where and when
epiblast from 2nd week
pgc migrates to yolk sac at
4th week
pgc reach gonads at
5th week
pleuripotent vs totipotent vs multipotent
- all germ cell layers–> a new organism
- an embroyo with extraembroyonic tissue
- more than one category of cells
teratoma cell of origin and examples
pgc
craniopharyngeal
sacrococcygeal
fate of corpus luteum if no fertilisation
albicans
persists for 14 days and shrink 3-4 days before menstruation–> corpus albicans
fsh target and action
theca and granulosa cells
secrete estrogen and progesterone
lh surge timeline from beginning to peak
fsh peak when
lh surge begins 36 hrs before ovulation, peaks at 12 hrs before
fsh peAk ; 12 hrs prior but always less than LH
WHAT IS SPERMIOGENESIS
REARRANGEMENT OF ORGANELLES TO FORM ACROSOMAL CAP, TAIL, CYTOPLASM SHEDDING
NO. OF SPERMATIDS FROM 1 SPERMATOGONIUM
64 TO 512
SPERMATOGENESIS IS COMPLETED IN HOW MANY DAYS
74> 64 > 60
IN MALES MEIOSIS OCCURS IN
SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES
SPERM MATURATION OCCURS IN
EPIDIDYMIS