Fertilization and Gastrulation Flashcards
corona radiata
surround ovum, follicles from mom
zona pellucida
glycoprotein layer of ovum
perivitelline space
between PM and zona pellucida of ovum
acrosome
part of head of sperm, contains enzymes
middle piece of sperm
part of tail, have mitochondria
fertilization occurs in the
ampula (distal 1/3 of fallopian/uterin tube)
capacitation
glycoprotein coat and seminal plasma proteins removed from PM of head of sperm, need this to happen to release acrosome enzymes (acrosome reaction)
sperm release ____ to penetrate corona radiata
hyaluronidase (and mucosal proteins)
sperm release _____ to penetrate zona pellucida
esterases, acrosin, neuraminidase
zona reaction
block to polyspermy, granules are released by egg into perivitelline space, react with zona, zona changes configuration into solid meshwork to block other sperm
cleavage happens ___ hours after fertilization
30
fertilization takes approximately ___ hours
24
cleavage
inc in cell #, dec in cell size embryo size unchanged morula development (day 3)
day 4
morula enters uterus
zona pellucida starts to degenerate around day __
5