Week 2 Flashcards
First week after fertilization
1 layer. cleavage, blastocyst formation and implantation
ampulla
widened part of oviduct where the egg is fertilized
cleavage
Mitotic divisions of embryo without growth
blastomeres
cells of the cleaving embryo. they are totipotent until 4-8 cell stage
totipotent
capable of giving rise to both embryo and fetal contribution to placenta
morula
16 cell embryo
blastocyst (blastula)
the product after cavitation of the morula. cavitation is secretion of fluid to form a cavity
implantation
around day 6-10, the blastula attaches to the uterine wall
pluripotent
cells that can give rise to any type of cell in the body, but not the placenta
embryoblast
inner cell mass of the 6-day embryo that gives rise to the embryo
trophoblast
outer cell mass of 6-day embryo that gives rise to the fetal part of the placenta
week 2 after fertilization
2 layers (bilaminar). embyroblast and trophoblast differentiate into 2 laters each and formation of 2 cavities, amniotic and chorionic
epiblast
columnar cells that secrete fluid to form the amniotic cavity
hypoblast
cuboidal cells that line the blastocyst cavity converting it to the primitive yolk sac
syncytiotrophoblast
a layer of the trophoblast. One cytoplasm with many nuclei. The cells of the syncytiotrophoblast produce hCG
hCG
supports uterine lining and maintains pregnancy
lacunae
spaces in the syncytiotrophoblast. by 12 days they connect to capillaries in the uterine wall to establish placental blood supply
chorionic cavity
formed when spaces within the extraembryonic mesoderm join together.
extraembryonic mesoderm
loose connective tissue formed when hypoblast cells lining the primitive yolk sac proliferate
2 layers of the trophoblast that form during week 2
syncytiotrophoblast and cytotrophoblast
2 layers of the embryoblast that form during week 2
epiblast and hypoblast
yolk sac
blastocycst cavity lined with hypoblast cells
week 3 after fertilization
gastrulation establishes 3 germ layers (trilaminar): ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. Epiblast cells give rise to these germ layers while the hypoblast cells form the yolk sac
primitive streak
visible midline structure formed by migrating epiblast cells during the first invagination of the bilaminar embryo. Epiblast cells dive down and replace the hypoblast in this invagination