Embryology Part 1 Flashcards
Which vital property of a cell is directly associated with actin filaments?
Contractility
Which cells have an abundance in actin filaments?
Muscle cells
What is the biological science branch that focuses on the study of the individual in the prenatal stage?
Embryology
What begins with gametogenesis and ends at birth?
Embryology
What are male cells called?
Spermatozoa
What are female cells called?
Oocytes
What is the result of oocyte + spermatozoa?
Zygote
Where is spermatozoids deposited in the female?
Vagina or uterus
What protects seminal secretions?
pH
What is the loss of surface cholesterol and glycoproteins?
Spermatozoa capacitation
During capacitation, what does the acrosome membrane fuse with?
Spermatozoon
What is made of golgi’s apparatus and enzymes?
Acrosome
What part of the oocyte do spermatozoon break through?
Corona radiata
What part of the oocyte do spermatozoon penetrate?
Zona pellucida
Where is the genomic material from spermatozoon released into in the oocyte?
Cytosol