Mod 5 Flashcards
Pregnancy is dated by
Weeks from first day of the last menstrual period or LMP
Pregnancy
40 completed weeks gestation
280 days
3 trimesters
1st trimester
From 0-13 weeks +6 days LMP Confirms: pregnancy Pregnancy location Size of embryo agrees with LMP dating Number of embryos Viability- fetal heart beat with M-mode
Embryo
Conceptus is called this from conception up to 10 weeks LMP
Fetus
After 10 weeks LMP embryo is renamed to this
Sonography uses this date
LMP
Embryologist use this date
Conception date
What do Sonographers measure when determining due date
Crown Rump Length - CRL
Ovulation
Occurs at day 14 in the ideal cycle
LH must surge for it to occur
Ovum is ejected from follicle, propelled towards Fallopian tube
Lives for 12-24 hours
Sperm
200-500 million sperm deposited near cervix 300-500 reach ovum 100 million/ml is the normal count 20 million or less is considered sterile Survives usually for 24hrs - can survive up to 72hrs
Fertilization
Sperm passes through zona pellucida
Sperm head enlarges to become male pronucleus
Ovum completes its second meiotic division to become female pronucleus
Both pronucleo fuse and chromosomes intermingle
Zygote
Union of the sperm and ovum
Also called conceptus
Morula
Cluster of cells
Remains the same size but cells become smaller and smaller with each division
12-16 blastomeres
Blastocyst
Secretions cross the zona pellucida entering the morula forming a fluid cavity
Enters the uterus 6-7 days after fertilization
How long does the ovum travel and where does it eventually get fertilized
Travels about 24-36 hrs to a Pilar portion of Fallopian tube
Implantation occurs
Complete by 11-12 days post ovulation or 9-12 days post fertilization
Suppose to implant on the posterior portion of the uterus on the endometrium fundus
Celvage
Rapid cell decision without a change in the size of original zygote
Blastomeres
Two daughter cells
What are the two parts that the zygote separates into after fluid goes into zygote
Trophoblasts
Embryoblasts
Trophoblast
Outer cell to become placenta and chorion
Chorion
Responsible for fetal tissue
Embryoblast
Inner cell mass forms:
Embryo
Yolk sac
Amnion
What happens when the zona pellucida disappears
Blastocyst implants in the uterus
After implantation
Blastocyst is imbedded in endometrial epithelium
Trophoblasts differentiates into syncytiotrophoblast and cytotrophoblast
Syncytiotrophoblast
Produces hCG
Erodes the endometrial stromatolites and blastocyst sinks into endometrium
Lacunae
Eroded space of endometrium
Become the intervillous spaces of the placenta
Cytotrophoblast
Produces fingerlike projections that extend into the forming lacunae network
Primary chorionic villi
Fingerlike projections of the cytotrophoblast
Two types are:
Chorion frondosum
Smooth chorion/ chorion laeve
Chorion frondosum
Villi directly at the implantation site
Early placenta
Smooth Chorion/ chorion laeve
All the remaining villi around the gestational sac
Decidua cells in endometrium increase in size and content for implantation due to which hormone
Progesterone
What is the cause and the result of the endometrium undergoing a decidua reaction
Ectopic pregnancy
Result is the formation of a pseudo sac
What kind of reaction can occur in a bicoruate uterus
Decidua reaction
Gives the appearance that this is twins as the non pregnant horn response to the increase in hCG
Decidua basalis
Part of the decidua underlying the conceptus
Eventually becomes the maternal side of the placenta
Thickens layer where implantation occurs
Decidua capsularis
Part that covers the gestational sac
Decidua parietalis
All remaining decidua
Double decidual sign
Sonographic descriptor
Opposed layers of the decidua parietalis and capsularis can be identified on early u/s
This should be always be tried to rule out pseudo sacs
Prior to fusion of decidua Vera and capsularis what exists and what happens to it during implantation
Potential space between the two layers
Blood can collect in this space if their is bleeding during implantation
Amniotic cavity
Formed by the small spaces that occur between the inner cell mass and the trophoblast
Occurs by day 9
Blastocyst cavity is renamed to what when the amniotic cavity is visualized and can you see it on ultrasound
No viable on ultrasound
Now called the primitive yolk sac
Double bleb sign
Represent the early amnion and yolk sac
Only seen on EV at around 5 1/2 weeks
Embyro consists of what two layers
Epibalst
Hypoblast
Epiblast
Gives rise to nearly all the cells in the embryo
Also forms the amniotic membrane which houses the amniotic fluid
Hypoblast
Contributes to the formation of the primitive ectoderm
Bilaminar disc
Embryonic disc
Occurs around 4 weeks LMP
What the inner cell mass becomes
What is happening to the inner cell mass when implantation is occurring
It is changing
Trilaminar disc
At 5 weeks LMP
When gastrulation occurs
Gastrulation
Formation of the three layers
Endoderm
Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm
1st layer to differentiate
Inner layer
Linings of GI and respiratory tract
Ectoderm
2nd layer to differentiate
Outer layer
Forms CNS
Surface ectoderm ex: hair, skin, teeth and nails
Mesoderm
3rd layer to differentiate
Middle layer
Generally forms muscle and bone