pre-natal development: elaborate version Flashcards
when is the ‘embryonic phase’
embryonic phase is until 8 weeks post fertilization
when is the ‘foetal phase’
foetal phase is 9 weeks onwards
name the 3 broad tissue types in an embryonic cell mass
- ectoderm (epidermis + nerve tissue)
- mesoderm (skeletal, mm, blood)
- endoderm (GIT, respiratory linings)
how many Carnegie stages or horizons are there in the embryonic period?
23.
fun fact: by stage 23 (week 8) more than 90% of the identifiable structures of the adult body have appeared
what happens in week 1 ?
- cell division with reduction in cytoplasmic volume
- loss of zona pellucida
- free blastocyte
what happens in week 2?
- implantation
- extraembryonic mesoderm
- primitive streak
- gastrulation
what happens in week 3:
- gastrulation
-notochordal process - primitive put
-notochordal canal
-somitogenesis - head fold
somite number 1-3
what happens in week 4
somite 4-12 neural fold fuses
somite number 13-20 rostral neuropore closes
somite number 21-29 caudal neuropore closes
what happens in week 5
somite number 30 leg buds lens placode pharyngeal arches lens pit optic cup lens vesicle nasal pit hand plate
what happens in week 6
nasal pits moved ventrally
auricular hillocks
foot plate
finger rays
what happens in week 7
OSSIFICATION COMMENCES
straightening of the trunk
when does ossification commence?
week 7 yoooooo
what happens in week 8
upper limbs longer and bent at elbow
hands and feet turned inward
eyelids, external ears
rounded body, head and limbs
outline embryonic limb development (and when)
3 weeks: minor swelling appears at site of future limb bud
4 weeks: buds appear at level of lumbar myotomes
4 weeks + 2 days: distends laterally from the trunk
~5 weeks: limb bud extends distal toward sacral myotomes and length increases
tell me some fun facts about embryonic limb development
- all segments lie in transverse plane, relatively perpendicular to the trunk
- all segments are discernible by week 7
- by week 8 there is distinciton between thigh, leg and foot. ossification points of fibula appear. all basic organ development is complete