FOUND-SOM-embryology Flashcards
what event occurs on week 1 day 1?
fertilisation
what events occurs on week one day 3?
morula (16 cell embryo)
what event occurs on week 1 day 4?
blastocyst formation/ entrance into uterine cavity
what event occur week 1 day 5?
embryo attaches to uterine wall beginning implantation
when does the differentiation of trophoblast into cytotrophoblast and syncyttiotrophoblast take place?
week 1-2
what week does the embryo complete implantation?
week 2
which days does the formation of the bilaminar disk occur?
days 7/8
week 2
when does gastrulation (formation of trilaminar disk) occur?
week 3
days 13-17
when does neurulation occur?
week 3 (finished by end of week)
what 2 events occur during week 4?
- primordial heart starts pumping blood
- limb buds appear
which 2 events occur during week 6?
- embryo shows spontaneous movement
- embryo heart can be seen with ultrasound
what is capacitation and when does it occur?
- a conditioning process sperm undergoes 7hrs before fertilisation
- involves removal of cholesterol, glycoproteins and proteins from plasma membrane around acrosomal region of sperm
- sperm penetrates corona radiata
describe the acrosome reaction?
- occurs as sperm approaches zona pellucida ( around ovum)
- enzyme acrosin is released to perforate ZP and digest proteoglycan which make up ZP
- plasma mem of sperm and ovum fuse so sperm’s genetic info is released into ovum
what remaines outside the ovum during the fusion of ovum and sperm?
mitochondria of sperm and everything else of sperm remains outside of ovum
describe the cortical reaction.
- cortical granules undergo exocytosis due to release of Ca2+ and granules further digest ZP
- ZP hardens
what does the cortical reaction prevent?
polyspermy
Where does fertilisation usually occur?
in ampulla of fallopian tube
what happens in fertilisation?
- secondary oocyte completes 2nd meiotic division
- haploid sperm + haploid secondary oocyte merge into single diploid nucleus (zygote)
how does the zygote cleave into morula?
- cleavage=rapid mitotic cell division of zygote creating individual blastomeres
- after 72hrs of repeated division-cluster of 16 called a morula
- ZP remains intact-does not increase in size
what is a blastocyst?
once the cell reaches 32-cell stage
what does the blastocyst reorganise into?
- trophoblast-outer layer, will develop into large part of the placenta
- embryoblast-inner cell mass, develop into embryo
- blastocoele-fluid filed compartment. forms the primitive yolk sac. created in the process captivation as the trophoblasts secrete fluid into the morula forming the blastocoele on day 5
what day does the Zona pellucida begin to disintegrate and what is this process called?
day 5
embryo hatching
what events occur during implantation?
- blastocyst attaches to endometrial epithelium wall
- trophoblast will adhere and secrete digestive enzymes and growth factors against endometrial surface
- trophoblast proliferates and gives rise to 2 layers
which 2 layers does the trophoblast give rise to during implantation?
1-cytotrophoblast-inner layer-forms villi
2-syncytiotrophoblast-outer layer that erodes maternal tissues
- secreted hCG
- maternal blood flows into lacunae form by syncytiotrophoblasts
which day does the embryo differentiate into hypoblast and epiblast and what does it form?
day 8
forms Bi-laminar disc
what does the blastocoel develop into and when?
yolk sac
day 9-10
where is the bi-laminar disc positioned?
between amniotic cavity and yolk sac
what is the process of gastrulation?
process where bi-laminar disc become tri-laminar disc with 3 germ layers
days 13-17
how is the primitive streak formed?
epiblasts begin to migrate inward (invaginate) forming a primitive streak