Exam 1 9/24 Davenport Flashcards
2nd week of development is characterized by:
- continued implantation and expansion of the trophoblast (synciotrophoblast) until it surrounds the entire embryo
- initial establishment of uteroplacental circulation
- formation of bilaminar disc (epiblast and hypoblast)
- blastocyst cavity replaced by primary yolk sac and then secondary yolk sac
- amniotic and chorionic cavities appear
During the second week, what happens to the trophoblast cells?
They divide into 2 layers: cytotrophoblast and synciotrophoblast
Cytotrophoblast surrounds:
blastocyst cavity
What happens to the ICM during the second week of development?
the embryoblast is compressed due to the formation of the amniotic cavity and the primary yolk sac –> forms true bilaminar disc containing epiblast and hypoblast
What does the synciotrophoblast do?
Proliferation of cytotropblast cells that implant into the endometrium, cell membranes break down and cytoplasm/nuclei spill out
Why does synciotrophoblast form?
It is more invasive, invades into endometrial laminopropria submucosa to set up appropriate circulation with maternal blood supply
What extraembryonic structures begin their formation during the second week?
- amniotic cavity
- amnion
- yolk sac
- connecting stalk
- chorionic sac
How does amnion form?
Amnioblasts separate from epiblast layer and line amnion (above epiblast)
The formation of the amnion results in:
formation of bilaminar disc
Which cell layer consists of high columnar cells?
Epiblast
Which cell layer consists of small cuboidal cells?
Hypoblast
Primary yolk sac another name
Exocoelomic cavity
The _____ is related to the amniotic cavity
epiblast
The _____ is related to the exocoelomic cavity
hypoblast
How does the blastocyst cavity get replaced by primary yolk sac?
Cells from hypoblast proliferate and go down to reline the cavity, resulting in primary yolk sac
What gives rise to extraembryonic mesoderm?
yolk sac endoderm cells/trophoblast (day 11-12)
Where is extraembronic mesoderm found?
Surrounds amnion and yolk sac; found between exocoelomic membrane and cytotrophoblast
Chorion
outermost of the two fetal membranes
What does the chorion develop?
Villi - vascular finger like projections
Chorionic villi develops into the:
placenta
When do the primary chorionic villi appear?
second week
What are chorionic villi?
vascular finger like projections
What splits the extraembryonic mesoderm into 2 layers?
Extraembryonic coelom
What does the extraembryonic mesoderm split into?
- Extraembryonic somatic mesoderm
- Extraembryonic splanchnic mesoderm
What has been accomplished at the end of the second week?
- embryonic disc is flat and bilaminar
- hypoblast form a rostral thickened circular area (prechordal plate) which is the future side of the mouth, and caudal end (cloacal plate)
Extraembryonic somatic mesoderm covers:
cytotrophoblast and amnion
Extraembryonic splanchnic mesoderm covers:
yolk sac
What comprises the chorion?
trophoblast and extraembryonic somatic mesoderm
How does extraembryonic coelom form?
cavities within the extraembryonic mesoderm quickly fuse (they are loosely arranged around amnion and yolk sac)
How does the yolk sac reduce in size?
embryo folds so that we have the embryo encased in amnion