embryonic development Flashcards
gametogenesis
- divide a haploid cell to divide our chromosomes
- process of halving DNA material
- turns a diploid cell into a haploid cell
gametogenesis
- divide a haploid cell to divide our chromosomes
- process of halving DNA material
- turns a diploid cell into a haploid cell
spermatogenesis
- sperm haploid
- call these gametes
- from 46XY to 23Y or 23X
oogenesis
- ova/egg haploid
- call these female gametes
- from 46XX to 23X
at the moment of conception =
fertilization –> zygote
- sperm has to get through zona pellucida
- ovum fertilized by spermatozoa and the nuclei of each gamete fuse - haploid gametes become diploid cells
- sex is already determined
zygote
the first cell body
- will undergo repeated divisions and specializations of cell tissue (morphogenesis)
- point of fertilization through the first 7 days
morphogenesis
- rapid proliferation and differentiation of diploid cells (mitosis)
- divide, specialize and migrate to their location
- occurs immediately and rapidly
- 1 week to morph the zygote into a blastocyst
morphogenesis for the nervous system
- neuronal differentiation and migration
- axons need to sprout, grow and migrate
- synaptic circuits need to form
- dendritic connections need to solidify
cell differentiation
- proteins influence genetic coding
- cells begin to specialize
- given coded differentiation
- 3 basic cell types = ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
stem cells
undifferentiated; capable of differentiating and dividing
cell migration
- proteins influence genetic coding
- cells begin to migrate given positional directives
- cells migrate to various areas
- cells cluster, thicken an area
- neuroblasts also migrate, to “lead” neural cells
- migration to the cerebral hemispheres is the longest and most demanding trip
week 1
- zygote
- we said that morphogenesis has 1 week to transform a fertilized ovum into a zygote
- zygote= diploid cell.. the 1st cell of the body
- zygote has one week to do these jobs and become a blastocyst
week 2
blastocyst
- travel down fallopian tube and implant on uterine wall
- morphogenesis has produced: inner cell mass for the embryo, inner fluid filled cavity, outer cell layer for the placenta, outer membrane (zone pellucida)
week 2
blastocyst
- travel down fallopian tube and implant on uterine wall
- morphogenesis has produced: inner cell mass for the embryo, inner fluid filled cavity, outer cell layer for the placenta, outer membrane (zone pellucida)
week 3
embryo = inner cell mass from our blastocyst
embryo jobs
- flatten and fold
- fold over on itself
- form a disc
- form a primitive streak
- form a neural grove
- cells migrate/line up and specialize
3 layers of the embryo
- ectoderm
- mesoderm
- endoderm
- all three form a notochord
ectoderm
skin and nervous system
mesoderm
muscle, cartilage, bone, blood vessels
endoderm
digestive, respiratory linings
ectoderm jobs
neural plate, neural grove, fold groove, makes a tube, close the tube
-if the tube doesn’t close, they can’t divide or form brain
week 4 closed tube
closed tube has jobs
- differentiate and migrate
- produce ventricles and SCF
- begin to form SC
3 brain vesicles
- prosencephalon = gives rise to cerebrum, lateral ventricles, thalamus, hypothalamus
- mesencephalon = rise to midbrain
- rhombencephalon= pons and medulla, cerebellum
week 4 neural crest
- forms the SC
- meninges, grey matter (alar plate=sensory and basal plate= motor), sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia, dorsal root ganglia, many CN ganglia