Lec 1 fert and embryology Flashcards
Describe the anatomy of the human ovum
blue space is perivitelline space
Haploid 23X
Describe the anatomy of the human sperm
Acrosome contains enzymes
Nucleus DNA 23X or 23Y
Neck is joining piece
Middle piece contains mito
What events happen in week 1
- Fertilization
- cleavage
- formation blastocyst
- formation embryoblast
- implantation
Where does fertilization occur?
Ampulla
what must happen for fertilization to occur?
Capacitation- glycoprotein coat and seminal plasmsa proteins removed from plasma membrane of sperm (acrosome reaction release enzymes)
After capacitation what happens?
passage of sperm through corona radiata with the release of Hyaluronidase
What allows the sperm to pass through corona radiata?
Hyaluronidase
After passage through corona radiata what happens?
penetration of zona pellucida- via release of
- esterases
- acrosin
- neuraminidase
After penetration of the zona pellucida?
Zona Reaction (when one sperm enters zona pellucida (zona reaction) causes mesh to be rigid
blocking polyspermy (Granules?)
After the zona reaction?
- Fusion of plasma membranes of oocyte and sperm
- Head and tail of sperm enter oocyte cytoplasm
(Sperm mitochondria do not enter)
what happens once sperm enters oocyte cytoplasm?
- completion of second meiotic division
- formation of male pronucleus
- fusion of male and female pronuclei= zygote
What are the results of fertilization?
approximately how long does fertilization take?
7 hrs
when does cleavage occur?
30 hr after fertilization
what happens during the beginning of cell cleavage?
- Once we have two cells the cells are called blastomeres
- the cells increase in number but decrease in size
- embryo size stays the same
- form a morula
cadherins help this
When does a morula form?
Around day 3
From morula to what?
Blastocyst (Day 5)
fluid enters and creates cavity
how many cells in a morula?
12-32 cells
Implantation happens when?
around day 6
What happens during day 5-7?
Early blastocyst to late blastocyst
- degenerating of zona pellucida
by day 7 it is gone (hatching of embryo)
What does the trophoblast form?
the inner cell mass?
Placenta
embryo