Stages Of Life Flashcards
Stages of human development
- Period of the Ovum/Proliferative Period
- Period of the Embryo/Embryonic Period
- Period of the Fetus/Fetal Period
• Fertilization to 2 weeks ➢ Zygote à Morula à Blastocyst • Implementation of blastocyst • Formation of embryonic disc ➢ Implantation is on the uterus
Period of the ovum
3 weeks to 8 weeks
• Duifferent types of tissue develop, organizing to form organ systems
• The heart begins to form and beat
• The face and oral structures develop
Embryonic stage
8th week – the embryo takes on a more human appearance
• Increase in body weight and size
Fetal stage
female gametocyte or germ cell
Oocyte
male gametocyte
Spermatozoa
➢ Genetic material – head
➢ Mitochondria – neck
site of fertilization
Ampulla of the Fallopian tube –
glycoprotein coat and seminal plasm protein are removed from the spermatozoon head
Capacitation process
hyaluronidase and acrosin (trypsin-like substance) are released to penetrate the oocyte barrier
Acrosomal reaction
– a cap-like structure at the anterior end of the spermatozoon that produces enzyme aiding in egg penetration
Acrosomes
During fertilization the spermatozoon must penetrate
- Corona radiata
- Zona pellucida
- Oocyte cell membrane
As soon as the spermatozoa has entered the oocyte
a. the oocyte finishes the 2nd meiotic division
➔ Female pronucleus (haploid) (23 chromosomes)
b. Zona pellucida becomes impenetrable
c. The head of the sperm separates from the tail (male pronucleus)
Proliferative period
Results in fertilization
• Restoration of diploid number of chromosomes both pronuclei have replicated their DNA paternal and maternal chromosomes intermingle
• Determination of the chromosomal sex
➢ The sperm determines chromosomal sex
➢ X is heavier; slower
➢ Life span of sperm is 48 hours
• Initiation of cleavage giving rise to 2-cell stage (blastomeres)
– any of the cell formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
Blastomere
– the spherical embryonic mass of blastomeres
Morula
– a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
Blastocyst
– extraembryonic tissue
Embryoblast à embryo
➢ Inner cell mass
Trophoblast
cavity lined with ectoderm develops
Amniotic cavity
forms the root of the yolk sac
Endoderm
2 cell layers contact in the center to form an area of ectoderm and endoderm forming the
embryonic disc
- Produces human chorionic gonadotropin (NCG)
* Pregnancy test
Syncytiotrophoblast
➢ Shared placenta
➢ 1 sperm, 1 egg
➢ Same chromosomes
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• Identical (monozygotic)
➢ Separate placentas
Fraternal (dizygotic)
Slight enlargement of ectodermal and endodermal cells at the cranial end à axis of the embryo is established
• Firm union between the layers
Prochordal plate
The primordia of all major external and internal structures are established during this period
• By the end of the 8th week
➢ All major organ systems have begun to develop with minimum function
Embryonic period