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General Embryology 1 Flashcards

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Oocytes

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  • 2 million at birth
  • 40,000 at puberty
  • 400 ovulated
  • LH surge causes changes within the ovary and egg for it to rupture
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Egg is surrounded by

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  • Zona pelucida

- Corona radiate

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Zona pelucida

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  • Layer of glycoproteins
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Corona radiate

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  • Granulosa cells

- Surround the ovary after ovulation

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Early egg development

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  • Egg swept into oviduct (uterine tube)
  • Fertilization
  • Begins process of cellular division (cleavage)
  • Enters uterus (day 4)
  • Implantation into uterine wall
    begins 6th embryonic day
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Week 1 (days 1-6) of oocyte development

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  • Fertilization, day 1
  • Cleavage, day 2-3
  • Compaction, day 3
  • Blastocyst formation, day 4
  • Implantation begins, day 6
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Fertilization usually occurs in

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  • Ampulla of the uterine tubes
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Fertilization steps (8)

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  • Multiple sperm bind to corona radiate
  • Sperm passes through the corona radiata
  • Sperm binds to a ZP protein in the zona pellucida
  • Cell membrane of 1 sperm fuses with cell membrane of oocyte
  • Initiates calcium influx causing the release of cortical granules (cortical reaction)
  • Completion of 2nd meiotic division of the oocyte
  • Male and female pronuclei form fuse
  • Arrangment of the chromososmes for mitotic cell division
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Sperm binds to a ZP protein in the zona pellucida, causing

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  • Release of enzmes

- Allow it to burrow through ZP (acrosome reaction)

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Initiation of calcium influx by fusion causes

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  • Release of cortical granules (cortical reaction)

- Blocks other sperm from fertilizing egg

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Zygote

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  • Result of the union of the male/female gametes
  • Restores 46
  • Maternal/paternal chromosomes are mixed
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Cleavage of zygote

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  • Repeated mitotic cell division

- Results in an increase in cell number (not size)

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Blastomere

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  • A cell formed by cleavage of a fertilized ovum
  • Becomes smaller with division
  • Early blastomeres are totipotent (capable of giving rise to any cell type)
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8 cell stage

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  • Compaction begins
  • Blastomeres tightly align by increased cell adhesion
  • Segregate inside vs. outside
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Blastomere cell segregation (inside vs. outside)

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  • Outer cells become trophoblast (will form placenta)

- Inner cell mass will form embryo

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Morula

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  • Conceptus with 16-32 blastomere
  • Inner cells and outer cells
  • Enters uterus ~ 4 days after fertilization
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Blastocytic cavity

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  • Created by sodium and water being pumped into embryo
  • Mostly separates the embryoblast and trophoblast
  • Embryo is called a blastocyst
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~ 6 days after fertilization

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  • Blastocyst attaches to endometrium

- Blastocyst “hatches” from zona pellucida prior to implantation

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Blastocyst “hatches” from zona pellucida by

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  • Enzymatically bores a hole and squeezes out
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Implantation in the wrong location (ectopic pregnancy) can be caused by

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  • Early ZP shedding

- Delayed zygote transport

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Week 2: days 7-14

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  • Embryo becomes more deeply embedded within endometrium
  • Development of trophoblast into placenta precursor
  • Formation of bilaminar embryo, amniotic cavity
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(~Day 7) Trophoblast proliferates and differentiates into

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  • Cytotrophoblast

- Syncytiotrophoblast

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Cytotrophoblast

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  • Stem cell population that adds cells to the syncytioblast
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Syncytiotrophoblast

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  • Derived from cytotrophoblast proliferation

- Cells lose membranes and form a syncytium

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Syncytiotrophoblast is located

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  • At the embryonic pole

- Adjacent to embryoblast)

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Syncytiotrophoblast on day 8

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  • Begins invading into the endometrium
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(~Day 10) Blastocyst/embryo becomes

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  • Completely embedded within the endometrium
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Synctytiotrophoblast contacts uterine vessels and glands, creating

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  • Primitive uteroplacental circulation
  • Lacunae filled with maternal blood
  • Lacunae fuse creating a lacunar network
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Cytotrophoblast forms extensions that grow into overlying synctiotrophoblast to form

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  • Chorionic villi
  • Villi become penetrated by extraembryonic mesoderm
  • Eventually form blood vessels (week 2 and 3)
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By day 8, the embryoblast differentiates into

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  • 2 epithelial cell layers
  • Epiblast
  • Hypoblast
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Epiblast

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  • Columnar cells adjacent to amniotic cavity

- Dorsal side of embryo

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Hypoblast

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  • Small cuboidal cells adjacent to exocoelomic cavity

- Primitive yolk sac

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Epiblast + Hypoblast

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  • Forms into a bilaminar embryonic disc

- Located between amniotic cavity and the primary umbilical vesicle

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Amniotic cavity

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  • Forms within the epiblast

- Epiblast cells migrate forming the amnion (which encloses the amniotic cavity)

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Hypoblast migration

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  • Lines the blastocystic cavity

- Forms the exocoelomic membrane

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Blatocystic cavity

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  • Referred to as the primary umbilical vesicle (primary yolk sac)
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Extraembryonic mesoderm

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  • Located outside the embryo
  • Produced by hypoblast and cytotrophoblast
  • Proliferates and develops spaces within
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Spaces within the extraembyronic mesoderm

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  • Fuse to form the extraembryonic coelom (chorionic cavity)
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Extraembryonic coelom (chorionic cavity)

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  • Fluid filled cavity
  • Surrounds the umbilical vesicle and amnion
  • Except at connecting stalk (precursor to the umbilical cord)
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Week 3: days 14-21

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  • Appearance of primitive streak
  • Development of the notochord and neural induction
  • Differentiation of 3 germ layers (gastrulation)
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Gastrulation

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  • Process where the bilaminar embryonic disc is converted into a trilaminar embryonic disc
  • Beginning of morphogenesis
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Morphogenesis

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  • Development of the form and structure of organs and parts of the body
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3 germ layers developed in gastrulation

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  • Ectoderm
  • Endoderm
  • Mesoderm
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Ectoderm

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  • Outside layer

- Gives rise to skin and nervous tissue

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Mesoderm

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  • Middle layer

- Generates most of the muscle, blood and connective tissue

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Endoderm

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  • Epithelial lining and glands of the gut, lung, urogenital tract
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Onset of gastrulation

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  • Beginning of the 3rd week with the formation of the primitive streak
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Primitive streak location

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  • Appears caudally in the medial plane

- Dorsal aspect of embryonic disc

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Primitive streak formation

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  • Epiblast proliferates and migrate toward the median plane of the embryonic disc
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Epiblast dives within the primitive streak

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  • Pushes away hypoblast, forms definitive endoderm
  • Forms mesoderm in between ectoderm and endoderm
  • Remaining epiblast form the ectoderm
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Elongation of primitive streak

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  • Addition of cells to the caudal end
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Appearance of primitive streak allow identification of

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  • Cranial/caudal
  • Dorsal/ventral
  • Left/right
  • Medial/lateral
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Cell proliferation at the cranial end

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  • Forms the primitive node

- Primitive node functions as a signaling center

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Mesoderm is patterned based on

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  • Where the epiblast pass through the primitive streak
  • Closer to primitive node the more axial in location
  • Notochord
  • Paraxial mesoderm
  • Intermediate mesoderm
  • Lateral mesoderm
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Notochordal process

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  • Cellular rod
  • Formed by cell migration cranially from the primitive node/pit
  • Formed by day 20
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The notochord

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  • Defines embryo axis and provides support

- Serves as an important signaling center in the development of the gut, vertebral column and CNS

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Notochord degeneration

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  • Degenerates as the vertebrae form

- Part persist as the nucleus pulposus

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Neurulation

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  • Formation of the neural tube
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Neurulation process

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  • Forming the neural plate
  • Neural plate inviginates to form neural groove with lateral neural folds
  • Neural folds fuse forming the neural tube (week 4)
  • Neural tube separates from overlying ectoderm (week 4)
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Folding and closure of the nueral plate

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  • Closure first begins in the cervical region

- “Zips” up toward the head and down toward the tail

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2 openings of the neural plate upon closure

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  • Anterior neuropore (closes day 25)

- Posterior neuropore (closes day 28)

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Errors in neurulation

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  • Raschischisis
  • Anencephaly
  • Spina bifida
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Raschischisis

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  • Failure of neural tube folding
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Anencephaly

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  • Failure of anterior neuropore closure
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Spina bifida

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  • Failure of posterior neuropore closure (other causes)
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Neural crest cells

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  • Group of cells that arise in the ectoderm at the margins of the neural plate
  • Form a flattened mass on the dorsolateral aspect of neural tube
  • Detach from the neural tube and become migratory
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Neural crest cells contribute to many structures

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  • Neurons of the spinal ganglia, ANS ganglia, cranial nerve ganglia
  • Enteric ganglia (gut)
  • Melanocytes
  • Schwann cells
  • Adrenal chromaffin cells
  • Pia and arachnoid
  • Parafollicular cells of thyroid gland
  • Also contribute to heart and face development
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Neurons of the spinal ganglia, ANS ganglia, cranial nerve ganglia (contributed to by neural crest cells)

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  • Pseudounipolar sensory neurons and post-synaptic neurons of ANS

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