Embryology Flashcards
What happens in the first week of embryology?
- Ovulation
- Fertilisation
- Implantation
(no time scale)
What is ovulation?
- Egg released from ovaries and travels through fallopian tube
- Uterus prepares to receive egg - wall thickens
What is implantation?
- Fertilised egg attaches to wall of uterus
What is a fertilised ovum called?
Zygote
Your’e a zygote
What is a morula?
Lump/clump of cells
Lump Clump Bump Dump
What is a blastocyst?
A hollow ball of cells:
- Inner cell mass
- Trophoblast
(Like Georgie’s heart) JK
What is a trophoblast?
A layer of tissue on the outside of a mammalian blastula, supplying the embryo with nourishment and later forming the major part of the placenta
(AKA LP)
What is the placenta?
A system that will organise the transport of nutrients to developing embryo and remove the waste from is
- At the beginning of implantation there is an organisation to help the embryo establish the placenta
(A yucky thing)
Explain the exchange of nutrients through the barrier between the baby’s blood and the mothers blood?
- The babies blood is replenished from the mothers blood
- The circulations do not mix. They are separated by a thin barrier
- The barrier is permeable to most molecules, but not cells
(How was coffee?)
At approximately 10-12 days, the implanted trophoblast contains an embryo, which has 2 cell layers. What are the names of these layers?
- Epiblast
- Hypoblast
(Abbyblast)
What does the epiblast give rise to?
The embryonic ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm
Or does it ;)
What does the hypoderm give rise to?
Participates in the formation of endoderm and extraembryonic mesoderm
(What kind of a word is mesoderm LOL)
What is meant by the term ‘gastrulation’?
- Means the formation of gut, but now has a more broad sense to describe the formation of the trilaminar embryo. The epiblast layer, consisting of totipotent cells, derives all 3 embryo layers; ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. The primitive streak is the visible feature which represents the site of cell migration to form additional layers
(or does it mean farting?)
What is the bilaminar embryo?
- It is a disk
- It has no distinct orientation or axis
(Do u have a distinct orientation and axis?)
What happens during gastrulation?
The embryo develops:
- An axis
- The three embrionic cell layers
What is the key stage of formation during gastrulation?
The formation of a groove: the primitive streak