embryogenesis Flashcards
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embryonic period of development
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weeks 3-8
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fetal period of development
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- week 9 => term
- mainly growth; also brain and nervous development
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morula
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- after the 8 cell stage
4
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blastocyst
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- weeks 1-2 of development
- trophoblast + blastocyst cavity + inner cell mass
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trophoblast
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- outer cell layer of the blastocyst
- simple squamous epithelium
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inner cell mass
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- inner part of blastocyst
- will form embryo
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ectopic pregnancy
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- normal implantation = posterior upper uterine wall
- ectopic sites: tubal, abdominal, ovarian, cervical
8
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chorionic villi
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- fetal contribution to the placenta
- on the side of the blastocyst that implants
9
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implantation
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- blastocyst (inner cell mass end) attaches to uterine epithelium
- trophoblast (syncytiotrophoblast) invades the endometrium
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decidua basalis, capsularis, and parietalis
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- layers of the endometrium that shed
- basalis = maternal component of placenta; engaged with villous chorion
- capsularis = overlies smooth chorion
- parietalis = uninvolved uterine mucosa (front wall of uterus)
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placenta
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- chorionic villi bathed in maternal blood from the decidua basalis
- site of maternal/fetal exchange
- early placental membrane: syntrophoblast, cytotrophoblast, connective tissue, endothelium of blood vessels
- late placental membrane: syntrophoblast, endothelium
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umbilical cord
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- comes from the connecting stalk
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chorionic villi
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- fetal contribution to the placenta
- on the side of the blastocyst that implants
- layers of the placental villi are the layers of the chorion (syntrophoblast, cytotrophoblast, mesenchyme)
- most villi are free (coated with syntrophoblast) and are sites for metabolic exchange, but anchoring villi span the thickness of the placenta to desidua basalis
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bilaminar embryo
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- epiblast => embryo
- hypoblast => outer structures
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amnion
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- amnion cavity forms when inner cell mass becomes hollow around time of implantation
- consists of ectoderm and extra-embryonic mesoderm