General Embryology Flashcards
primordium
earliest indication of a tissue or an organ during prenatal development
autocrine regulation of growth factors
growth factor produced by a cell that recaptures its own products
paracrine regulation of growth factors
growth factors synthesized by one cell can diffuse over small distances to induce changes
endocrine regulation of growth factors
growth factor produced in one cell travels in the blood to distant locations to act on another cell
hemeobox genes
involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
what are two results of the primitive streak?
germ layer formation and bilateral symmetry
What type of cells invaginate during gastrulation?
ectodermal cells
What happens in the transition of epithelial cells to mesenchyme?
epithelial cells detach from basement membrane and are able to migrate
neural plate
central band of cells from cephalic to caudal end. The neural plate thickens and invaginates to form the neural groove
morula
solid ball of cells
blastocyst
vesicle that implants in the endometrium
induction
one group of cells induces another group of cells to change
proliferation
control of cellular growth and accumulation of biproducts
appositional growth
tissue enlarges its size by the addition of layers on the outside of a structure
interstitial growth
growth the occurs deep within a tissue