Exam 1 Flashcards
embryo
fertilization –> 9 weeks
fetus
10 weeks –> birth
neonate
birth –> 1 month
infant
1 month –> 2 years
gamete
sperm & egg
# of chromosomes in a gamete (paired or unpaired?)
23 unpaired chromosomes
meiosis
specific cellular division process resulting in the haploid # of chromosomes
ovum has __ chromosomes + an __
22 chromosomes + an x
sperm has __ chromosomes + an __
22 chromosomes + an x or y
zygote
simple one-celled organism created when ovum and sperm come together
mitosis
everyday cell division
when does mitosis begin
after the first 24 hours
cellular division begins in __ processes
two
segmentation
cleavage of a cell / cell dividing and making another exactly like itself
blastomere
when you go from one cell –> two cells
morula
cluster of cells
when does a morula occur
at the end of 72 hours
how long is the morula period
6 days
At the end of 6 days the process changes from __ to __
segmentation , cell differentiation
cell differentiation
blastomere changes into a blastocyst
A morula becomes a __ during cell differentiation
blastocyst
blastocysts ___ not ___
replicate not duplicate
trophoblast
the outer layer of cells
what does the trophoblast become?
the placenta and umbilical cord