Fertilization & Gastrulation (EMB) Flashcards
What is the embryonic period
Week 0 - 8 weeks
What is the obs calender
Used in clinical practices
What does the obs calendar ask?
When was your LMP
When does ovulation occur?
Day 14
When does the ovulatory calendar start?
Day 14 (ovulation)
What is the corona radiata
Folicular cells that cover the egg
What is the zona pellucida
Glycoprotein-meshwork
Very important in the process of fertilization
Human ovum is what type of cell
Haploid cell
What is the perivitelline space
Space between plasma membrane and zona pellucida
Space where granuales are released from egg cell to aid in zona reaction
Sperm is either what or what
23 X or 23 Y
Week one is what days
0-7
What happens during week one
Fertilization, cleavage, formation of blastocyst, formation of embryoblast, and implantation
Fetilization occurs where
In the ampulla
Distal 3rd of the uterine tube
What is capacitation and where does it occur
Occurs in uterus and uterine tube
Glycoprotein coat on head of sperm is removed, allowing for an acrosome reaction to occur (release enzymes from enzymes)
What is hyaluranidase
Enzyme released by sperm to get through corona radiata
Step 1 of fertilization
Capacitaiton of sperm, release of hyaluronidase
Step 2 of fertilization
Penetration of zona pellucida by the release of estrases, acrosin, and neuraminidase from acrosome
What is a zona reaction
Blockage of access to ovum by other sperm to prevent polyspermy
This occurs by a conformational change
Step 3 in fertilization
Fusion of sperm with cytoplasm in ovum
Step 4 in fertilization
Formation of male pronucleus, fusion of female and male pronuclei
What are the cells called that are cleaved?
Blastomeres
What happens during cleavage
Increase in cell number, but a decrease in cell size
When does cleavage start
Aprox. 30 hours after fertilization
What is a morula and when does it occur
12 - 32 cells packed together
Occurs about day 3
When does morula enter uterine cavity
Day 3
Morula becomes what
Blastocyst (no zona pellucida and with a blastocyst cavity)
Fusion of male and female pronuclei make a what
Zygote (pluripotent)
Implantation begins when
Day 6
When in zona pellucida completely gone
Day 7
The inner cell mass gives rise to what
Embryo
The trophoblast gives rise to what
The placenta
The blastocyst is considered what at the end of week one
A one layer cell
Trophoblast cells release what to protect cell
Early pregnancy factor
Trophoblast cells differentiate to give rise to what
Cytotrophoblast