objective 10 pt 1 Flashcards
begins with fertilization
ends with birth
38 weeks after conception
prenatal development
what are the divisions of prenatal development?
preembryonic
embryonic
fetal periods
the state of carrying a developing conceptus
pregnancy
developing offspring
conceptus
from fertilization through week 8
embryo
from week 9 through birth
fetus
union pf sperm and egg to create a fertilized egg or zygote
sperm reach secondary oocyte
fertilization
what happens to the sperm that does not make the 12cm trip to join with egg?
- Some leak out of vagina immediately after
intercourse - Some are destroyed by acidic vaginal environment
- Some fail to make it through cervix
- Some are dispersed in uterine cavity or destroyed
by phagocytes - Only a few thousand out of millions of sperm reach
uterine tubes
lasts about 2 weeks following fertilization
pre-embryonic period
early cell divisions
cleavage
first cleavage division completed within 36 hrs result in 2 cells
blastomeres
by end of 3rd day, 16 cells in a ball
morula
By 5th day, hollow sphere of about 100 cells,
consisting of flattened cells called trophoblast cells and a small
cluster of 20-30 rounded cells called embryoblast inside
blastocyst
- By the 21th day of the cycle (7th day after
ovulation) endometrium is ready to receive the
blastocyst - Blastocyst attaches to it & “burrows” into
endometrium - Endometrial cells grow over the blastocyst until it
is completely implanted (by 12th day after
ovulation) - Blastocyst secretes human chorionic gonadotropin
(hCG) - hCG travels by blood to the ovary - causes corpus
luteum to continue to secrete progesterone to
maintain the endometrium - Secretion of hCG declines as placenta develops &
secretes its own progesterone to maintain the
pregnancy (~3 mths)
implantation
what are the 3 primary germ layers that are developing while the blastocyst is implanting?
ectoderm
mesoderm
endoderm
- Beginning of 3rd week to end of 8th week (embryo)
- Lasts 6 wks
- Placenta & extraembryonic membranes formed
- The skin forms during 3rd week
- End of 4th week, heart is pumping blood
The most critical time of development
Tissues differentiate & all the organ systems are
formed by the end of this period (end of 8th week)
1 inch (2.5 cm) long, weighs 1 gram
Appears human
embryonic period