Embryology Flashcards
Day 2
Zygote
Day 3, enters uterus as a?
Morula
Implantation day?
Day 6
When does HCG production begin?
After implantation of the blastocyst
Embryonic Period
Weeks 3-8; neural tube formed by neuroectoderm closes by week 4; organogenesis; very susceptible to teratogens
Heart begins to beat? Limb buds formed?
Week 4
When does fetal period begin?
week 8
male/ female external genitalia?
week 10
process that forms the trilaminar embryonic disc
gastrulation
secretes mullerian inhibitory factor to suppress paramesonephric ducts
Sertoli
androgens stimulate development of ..
mesonephric ducts (Wolffian)
Gubernaculum
Male?
Female?
M - anchors testes within scrotum
F - ovarian ligament + round ligament of uterus
Males: evagination of peritoneum forms?
Tunica Vaginalis
Urine through belly button of infant
patent urachus
outpouching of bladder at apex
vesicourachal diverticulum