Embryology Flashcards
Zygote
One cell but 2n (made up of female pronucleus and male pronucleus)
When does the morula form and what is it made of
Day 3/4
Morula is made up of blastomeres (about 16)
When does blastocyst form
Day 5
When does formation of primitive germ layers take place
3rd week
When does organogenesis take place
Embryonic period
2-8 weeks
When is the fetal period
9-38 weeks
Growth differentiation and maturation
Totipotent pluripotent multipotent unipotent
What makes up the blastocyst
Embryoblast (inner cell mass) and trophoblast (outer)
What needs to be present in uterus lining for successful implantation of blastocyst
Progesterone
What lines the inner wall of the blastocyst after implantation
Inner cystotrophoblast
Outer synctiotrophoblast
What forms the bilaminar disc
Hypoblast
Epiblast
What is the histology and location of the hypoblast and epiblast
Hypoblast cuboidal and ventral
Epiblast columnar and dorsal
What is the function of the placenta
Life support,
Provides oxygen and nutrients removes waste
Circulations of baby and mother blood do not mix, separated by thin barrier
Chorionic villus sampling
Chorionic villus sampling may be used for genetic and chromosome testing in the first trimester of pregnancy . Here are some reasons that a woman might elect to undergo CVS:
Previously affected child or a family history of a genetic disease, chromosomal abnormalities, or metabolic disorder
Maternal age over 35 years by the pregnancy due date
Risk of a sex-linked genetic disease
Previous ultrasound with questionable or abnormal findings
Abnormal cell-free DNA test
Difference between identical and fraternal twins at the trophoblast stage
Identical twins are from the same trophoblast fraternal twins are from two different trophoblasts
How does the trilaminar embryonic disc form
Ectoderm - leftover Epiblast
Mesoderm - Epiblast cells that migrated inwards
Endoderm - Epiblast cells that replaced Hypoblast layer