EMBRYOLOGY (Lecture 9) Flashcards
what makes up a corona radiata
zona pellucida + layers of follicular cells
Follicular cells
secondary oocyte
zona pellucida (glycoprotein coat)
oocyte
follicular cells
zona pellucida
fertilized oocyte becomes a ______
zygote
genetic sex determination takes place when?
the diploid zygote is formed
term for a new embryonic cell
blastomere
term for a superficial layer around a central core of cells
Morula
what forms the blastocystic cavity
secretions from the blastomeres
the initial series of mitotic divisions by which the larger zygote is fractionated into numerous ‘normal sized’ cells
cleavage
each daughter cell of the cleavage process is called a ____?
blastomere
cleavage begins w/ a _____, progresses through compaction to the _______ stage and terminates w/ the start of the ______ stage
cleavage begins w/ a ZYGOTE, progresses through compaction to a MORULA stage and terminates at the start of the BLASTOCYST (blastula) stage
The first 8 blastomeres are _______ and have identical potential in mammals
undifferentiated
once a cavity appears, a morula is called a _______?
blastocyst
the male pronucleus forms from the ______
enlarged sperm nucleus
with each division in mitosis, the blastomeres get _______ in size
smaller
what does totipotent mean
an immature cell that can give rise to any cell type
the trophoblast forms the _______ layers of the placenta
embryonic
blastocyst emerges from the ________
zona pellucida
cattle and horses undergo what type of conceptus
single conceptus
dogs and cats undergo what type of conceptus
polytocous
All three germ layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm) originate within the _______
epiblast
what is Neurulation
The transformation of the neural plate into the neural tube
what induces neurulation
the notochord