Pregnancy Flashcards
What kind of hormones are produced by placenta?
Placenta also acts as “endocrine” gland
& produces hormones like
- human chorionic gonadotropin ( hCG)
- human placental Lactogem (hPL)
- estrogens
- progesterones
From where is the hormone relaxin secreted?
Ovaries
Which hormone levels are high during pregnancy?
In maternal blood, high level hormones :
- cortisol
- prolactin
- thyroxine
- estrogens
- progesteron
For promotion feral growth
What is the embryo with 8 to 16 blastomeres called?
Morula
What is the next step of a morula?
Blastocyst
What is trophoblast or trophoectoderm?
When peripheral cell of the uterus enrage and flatten is called trophoblast.
What is blastoceol?
Cavity between trophoblast and inner cell mass.
Where does the inner cell mass come to lie?
Besides embryonal knob.
When does the zona pellucida disappear?
As the blastocyst grows in size.
When does implantation occur?
On 7th day after fertilisation.
When is the heart of baby formed?
After one month.
Till what time is the baby called an embryo?
Till 8th week.
From which membrane are the nutrients
excretory materials and gas are transferred?
Chorion
Which membrane is a shock absorber?
Amnion
What is function of inhibit?
From where is it produced?
It is produced by granulose cells in ovary
It’s function is to inhibit the secretion of FSH
