Lectures 13, 14 and 15: Embryology Flashcards
gastrulation definition/transformation
-formation of 3 germ layers
-go from bilaminar disk containing epiblast and hypoblast into trilaminar disc of 3 germ layers
corona radiata composed of
-zona pellucida
-layers of follicular cells
what is the zona pellucida
glycoprotein coat
acrosome cap definition and function
-specialized lysosome
-prevents sperm from getting to egg
capacitation process
-period between ejaculation and when the sperm is traveling to the egg
-get degradation of the acrosome cap so that sperm can fertilize egg
location and timing of ejaculation and capacitation is _________ specific
species
where does ejaculation and capacitation occur in dogs
uterus
where does ejaculation and capacitation occur in cats
vagina
purpose of cilia in oviduct
help fertilized egg
what makes oocyte impenetrable to other sperm
zona reaction
what causes the zona reaction
sperm in oocyte without its plasma membrane
how does sperm penetrate oocyte (process)
-as acrosome wall perforates, sperm moves through follicular cells
-sperm moves through corona radiata zona pellucida
-zona reaction
oocyte definition
-female gamete cell produced by ovaries
fertilized oocyte becomes
zygote
what is the female pronucleus
-oocyte after completing second meiotic division but before fertilization
male pronucleus
forms from enlarged sperm nucleus
what structure is absent/disappears in female pronucleus
corona radiata
how is diploid zygote formed from male and female pronucleus
-pronucleus membranes breakdown and fuse
blastomere definition
new embryonic cell produced by mitosis/cleavage
blastomeres get (bigger or smaller) with each cell division?
smaller
morula definition
superficial layer surrounding central core of compacted cells (i.e. blastomeres)
what structure surrounds the cluster of blastomeres following mitosis
morula
when are blastomeres no longer totipotent
when compaction occurs –> inner and outer cell masses created
what are the 2 layers of cell masses called in compacted blastomere
trophoblast = external layer
embryoblast = inner layer
what does trophoblast ultimately become
placenta
what does embryoblast become
fetus/conceptus
what is the first cavity created
blastocystic cavity
how is the blastocystic cavity created
secretions from blastomeres
structural function/location of zona pellucida
surround trophoblasts
2 poles of ovum/blastocyst
-animal pole
-vegetal pole
animal pole is located near what cell mass
embryoblast (inner cell mass)
vegetal pole is located where
away from embryoblast, closer to blastocystic cavity
function of trophoblast
protect embryoblast
what is rauber’s layer
layer of cells directly above embryoblast
what happens to rauber’s layer
disintegrates
early vs late embryoblast
late = hatching occurs out of zona pellucida
where does blastocyst emerge from (what is hatching?)
zona pellucida
when and why does hypoblast emerge
-as rauber’s layer disintegrates
-enclose blastocystic cavity
when does blastocystic cavity become exocoelemic cavity
when hypoblast emigrates to enclose blastocystic cavity (forms at ventral surface of embryoblast)
-see staggered clumps of hypoblast starting to surround cavity
at what stage is cavity named blastocystic cavity
at stage with trophoblast and embryoblast
how does name of blastocystic cavity change
blastocystic –> exocoelemic –> primitive yolk sac –> definitive yolk sac
when does exocoelemic cavity become primitive yolk sac
when hypoblast extends to surround exocoelemic cavity (see full enclosed layer of hypoblast around cavity)
what replaces rauber’s layer
tight junctions of epiblast
what 2 structures form the bilaminar embryonic disc
epiblast and adjacent hypoblast
location of ejaculation in cattle
vagina
location of ejaculation in horses
uterus
where does fertilization occur
oviduct
effect of zona reaction
hardens corona radiata so other sperm can’t enter
where is implantation in all domestic animals occur (relatively)
-centric/superficial
-conceptus fills up uterine lumen
pronucleus stage for female (4 things)
-2nd meiotic division complete
-corona radiata disappears
-zona pellucida remains and hardens
-have 2 polar bodies
pronucleus stage males (2)
-from enlarged sperm nucleus
-head and tail degenerate
steps from mature oocyte to blastocyst formation
-oocyte –>pronucleus –> zygote –> cleavage/mitosis –> marula formation –> blastocyst formation
when does extraembryonic mesoderm start forming
after conceptus implantation into uterine lumen
where will extraembryonic mesoderm be formed
between trophoblast and hypoblast layers
what will form the chorion
trophoblast