Unit I & II Flashcards
Fertilized egg
Zygote
Study of animal development from the stage of an organism that exist between fertilization and birth.
Embryology
What are the three major approaches to studying embryology
Anatomical approaches
Experimental approaches
Genetic approaches
A relatively slow process of progressive change
Development
A discipline that studies embryonic and other developmental processes
Developmental biology
The science that seeks to explain how the structure of organisms change with time
Developmental biology
What are the objectives of developmental biology?
• it generates cellular diversity and order within each generation
• it ensures the continuity of life from one generation to the next
What are the seven general questions by developmental biologist?
• Question of differentiation
• Question of morphogenesis
• question of growth
• question of reproduction
• question of evolution
• question of environmental integration
• Question of regeneration
It is the generation of cellular diversity
Differentiation
Mechanism where by different sorts of cells arise
Cell differentiation
Each cell owes its special character to
Particular proteins coded by particular genes
It is the creation of ordered form
Morphogenesis
It is the cell and tissue movements that gives a developing organ or organism its shape in three dimensions
Morphogenesis
It refers to increase in size and the control of proportion between body parts
Growth
It is currently the least well understood aspect in terms of molecular mechanism
Growth
The stages of development between fertilization and hatching
Embryogenesis
What are the six fundamental processes in the pattern of embryogenesis
- Fertilization
- Cleavage
- Gastrulation
- Organogenesis
- Metamorphosis
- Gametogenesis
It is the fusion of the mature sex cells, the sperm and egg.
Fertilization
It is a series of extremely rapid mitotic divisions that immediately follow fertilization
Cleavage
It is the hollow ball of cells during cleavage
Zygote cytoplasm
During cleavage the enormous volume of zygote cytoplasm is divided into numerous smaller cells called
Blastomeres
By the end of cleavage the blasting is have usually formed a sphere called
Blastula
It is the space between the blastomere
Blastocoel
They are the opening in the blastula
Blastopore
It is a series of extensive self rearrangements
Gastrulation
The embryo contains three germ layers that will interact to generate the organs of the body. What are those layers?
Endoderm
Mesoderm
Ectoderm
Embryo transforms from a one dimensional layer of epithelial cells and reorganizes into a multilayers and multidimensional structure called
Gastrula
The cells interact with one another and rearrange some cells to produce tissues and organs
Organogenesis
It is the process of formation of organs from three germ layers
Organogenesis
Change of form or structure in an individual after hatching or birth
Metamorphosis
It is the development of gametes; usually not completed until the organism has become physically mature
Gametogenesis