Final Exam Notecards Flashcards
What is fertilization
occurs when a sperm and and oocyte combine and their nuclei fuse
A zygote contains what
all genetic material needed to form a human - half form mom and half from dad
What is the acidity of the vagina
approximately 3.8pH
What are the first things sperm must overcome
Acidity of Vagina and thick Cervial mucus
What happens to the sperm that pass the acidity of the vagina and thick cervical mucus
They can be destroyed by Phagocytic uterine leukocytes
What is the most typical place for sperm to meet oocyte
Uterine tubes
How long is the journey of a sperm
30 minutes- 2 hours
How long can sperm survive
3-5 days
How long can an oocyte survive independently following ovulation
24 hours
True or False
Intercourse more than a day after fertilization will usually not result in fertilization
True
What is capacitation/ priming
When fluids in the female reproductive tract prepare sperm for fertilization
Fluids
- improve the motility of the spermatozoa
- deplete cholesterol molecules embedded in the membrane of the head of the sperm
What does depleting the cholesterol molecules in the membrane of the head of the sperm do to help fertilization
It thins the membrane to that it will help facilitate the release od lysosomal enzymes needed for the sperm to penetrate the oocytes exterior once contact is made
Where does fertilization occur
In distal uterine tube - because oocyte cannot survive 72 hour journey to the uterus
What is the Corona Radiata
The outer layer of an oocyte - outer layer of follicular (granulosa) cells that form around a developing oocyte in ovary and remain with it upon ovulation
What is the Zona Pellucida
A transparent bu thick glycoprotein membrane that surrounds the oocyte cells plasma membrane
What is acrosomal reaction
A process that is initiated when sperm bind to receptors in the zona pellucida - in which the enzyme-filled “cap” of the sperm, called the acrosome, releases its stored digestive enzymes. These enzymes clear a path through the zona pellucida that allows sperm to reach the oocyte.
How do sperm penetrate the corona radiata?
Some sperm undergo a spontaneous acrosomal reaction, which is an acrosomal reaction not triggered by contact with the zona pellucida. The digestive enzymes released by this reaction digest the extracellular matrix of the corona radiata.
True or False
The first sperm to reach the oocyte is the one to fertilize it?
False
hundreds of sperm cells must undergo the acrosomal reaction, each helping to degrade the corona radiata and zona pellucida until a path is created to allow one sperm to contact and fuse with the plasma membrane of the oocyte.
What is penetration by two sperm called
Polyspermy
What are the two mechanisms deployed by oocyte to prevent polyspermy?
- Fast Block - involves a near instantaneous change in sodium ion permeability upon binding of the first sperm, depolarizing the oocyte plasma membrane and preventing the fusion of additional sperm cells. The fast block sets in almost immediately and lasts for about a minute, during which time an influx of calcium ions following sperm penetration triggers the second mechanism
- The Slow Block aka crotical reaction - cortical granules sitting immediately below the oocyte plasma membrane fuse with the membrane and release zonal inhibiting proteins and mucopolysaccharides into the space between the plasma membrane and the zona pellucida. Zonal inhibiting proteins cause the release of any other attached sperm and destroy the oocyte’s sperm receptors, thus preventing any more sperm from binding. The mucopolysaccharides then coat the nascent zygote in an impenetrable barrier that, together with hardened zona pellucida, is called a fertilization membrane.
True or False
At time of fertilization has the oocyte completed meiosis?
False
all secondary oocytes remain arrested in metaphase of meiosis 2 until fertilization - Only upon fertilization does the oocyte complete meioses
What is the two haploid nuclei derived from the sperm and oocyte and contained within the egg are referred to as
Pronuclei
What percent of ovulation cycles release 2 eggs resulting in dizygotic twins
1%
Faternal twins are known as
Dizygotic twins
What are identical twins also known as
Monozygotic twins
When does split of zygote typically happen for monozygotic twins
most commonly during blastocyst stage and then they share a placenta and a chorionic cavity
What is the ideal ratio of eggs to sperm for IVF
75000 sperm to 1 egg
What is Intracytoplasmic sperm Injection
When sperm is injected into egg because the sperm is non-motile or incapable of binding to zona pellucida
During IVF when are eggs incubated till
The eight cell stage or blastocyst stage
What is the rate of success for IVF
more that 40% of women under 35
little over 10% for women over 40
Umbilical Vein
What is function
What is the structure after birth
Function: Carries nutrients from placenta to fetus
Adult System: Ligamentum Teres
Ductus Venosus
What is function
What is the structure after birth
Function: Branch from umbilical vein. Allows blood to bypass fetal liver and flow directly into inferior vena cava
Adult System: Ligamentum Venosum
Foramen Ovale
What is function
What is the structure after birth
Function: Hole in septum between right and left atria. Allows blood to bypass pulmonary route (lungs). About 1/3 of blood in right atrium is sent to left atrium and then out to systematic circulation
Adult Structure: Fossa ovalis
Ductus Arteriosus
What is function
What is the structure after birth
Function: Small vessel that connects pulmonary trunk with aorta. Allows most blood from pulmonary trunk to bypass lungs and go directly into systemic circulation
Adult Structure: Ligamentum arteriosum
Umbilical Arteries
What is function
What is the structure after birth
Brand from fetal iliac arteries. Carry oxygen poor, waste rich blood from fetus to placenta
What is gestations
The period of time required for full development for a fetus in utero
What is the pre-embryonic stage
first 2 weeks of prenatal development
When is a baby called an embryo
weeks 3-8
When does a baby become a fetus
Week 9 until birth
What is the coceptus
A zygote and its associated membranes
How many mitotic cell divisions happen while a zygote journeys to the uterus?
5-6
known as cleavages
What is a blastomere
each daughter cell produced by cleavage
What is the name of the 16 cell conceptus that reaches the uterus about 3 days after fertilization?
A morula
Where does a bastocyst usually implant
On the fundus of the uterus- posterior wall