Growth and development Flashcards
prenatal development stages
Ovum
Embryonic
Fetal
Ovum Phase
Shortest phase
cleavage-massive increase in cell # and decrease in cell size
increase in DNA, with no protein synthesis
Embryonic phase
formation of ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm
starts to take form
Fetal phase
Starts to look like something else, organ and tissue development
Muscle cells
cells that are designed for a specific type of tissue or structure are called determined or committed cells
myoblasts (muscle regulatory genes)
capable of making new myoblasts
don’t contain contractile proteins
differentiate
stop dividing
align
membrane fuse to form an immature muscle fiber (myotube)
myotube (more=bigger muscle)
Scaffolding for the formation of muscle fibers
What will myoblasts do to the myotubes
myoblasts will align themselves along the primary myotubes
What do myotubes and myoblasts do together
fuse together to form secondary tube
What happens after formation of secondary tube
intervention occurs
splinter away (receives a nerve)
forms myofibers
Myogenesis
occurs during the firs 2/3 of prenatal development
What matures quicker and slower?
bone and muscle - quicker
fat - slower
Determinant growth
grow to a given size (mammals)
Indeterminate growth
no predetermined size, will grow to available nutrients and environment, can create muscle fibers
Post natal growth
Phase 1-4 and myogenesis