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What are the 3 ways in which embryo-fetal development can be measured?

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→ fertilization age
→ gestational age
→ carnegie age

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What is fertilization age?

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measured from the time of fertilization (assumed to be +1 day from last ovulation)

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Why is fertilization age not very useful?

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difficult to know time of fertilization exactly unless it’s IVF

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What is gestational age?

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→ calculated by time from the beginning of the last menstrual period (lmp)
→ determined by fertilzation date (+14 days) if known, or early obstetric ultrasound + comparison to embryo size charts

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What is the carnegie age?

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→ based off of 23 stages of embryo development which are based on embryo features rather than time
→ allows comparison of development rates between species
→ covers window of 0-60 days of fertilzation age in humans

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How is pregnancy split up into stages to measure embryo-fetal development?

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→ embryogenic stage
→ embryonic stage
→ fetal stage

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What is the embryogenic stage?

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→ 14-16 days post-fertilisation establishing the early embryo from the fertilized oocyte
→ Determining two populations of cells:
- Pluripotent embryonic cells (contribute to fetus)
- Extraembryonic cells (contribute to the support structures eg placenta)

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What is the embryonic stage?

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→ 16-~50 days post fertilisation
→ Establishment of the germ layers and differentiation of tissue types
→ Establishment of the body plan

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What is the fetal stage?

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→ ~50 to 270 days post-fertilization or ~8 to ~38 weeks
→ Major organ systems now present
→ Migration of some organ systems to final location
→ Extensive growth and acquisition of fetal viability (survival outside the womb)

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What stages of embryo-fetal development occur in the first trimester of pregnancy?

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→ embryogenic stage

→ embryonic stage

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What stages of embryo-fetal development occur in the 2nd + 3rd trimester of pregnancy?

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fetal stage

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What does the ovulated oocyte become after fertilisation?

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zygote

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How many cells in a zygote?

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1 cell

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What is the next stage of development for a zygote?

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cleavage division into “cleavage stage embryos”

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How many cells are there in cleavage stage embryos?

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2-8 cells

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What is the next stage of development for cleavage stage embryos?

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morula

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How many cells are there in morula?

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16+ cells

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What is the next stage of development for morula?

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blastocyst

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How many cells are there in blastocyst?

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200 - 300 cells

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Where do the first few days of life take place in the female gonads?

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happens while egg migrates from ovaries through fallopian tubes to the uterus

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What is the first major developmental transition in the first few stages of life?

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maternal-to-zygotic transition

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What is the maternal-to-zygotic transition?

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→ embryo stops being dependent on maternal mRNAs + proteins to get through first divisions
→ transcription of embryonic genes occurs + zygotic genome activation
→ increased protein synthesis
→ organelle (mitochondria + golgi) maturation

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How does zygote survive before zygotic genome activation?

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Dependent on maternal mRNAs + proteins (that were synthesised + stored during oocyte development) to get through the first divisions

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What happens when mRNA + proteins are not properly synthesised or stored or interpreted properly?

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Can impair embryonic development

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When does the maternal-zygotic transition occur in terms of cell stage and human development time?
→ 4-8 cell stage | → 2 days post-fertilization
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What is the process that forms the morula + blastocyst?
Compaction
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How does compaction produce a compacted morula?
→ Outer cells become pressed against zona → Change from spherical to wedge-shaped. → Outer cells connect to each other through tight gap junctions and desmosomes → Forms barrier to diffusion between inner and outer embryo → Outer cells become polarised
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What is the arrangement of the compacted morula?
2 distinct cell populations: → inner → outer
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How does a morula formation change to form a blastocyst?
Inner cells + outer cells reorganise with the formation of the blastocoel cavity
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What are the different parts of the blastocyst?
→ zona pellucida → trophectoderm → inner cell mass → blastocoel
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What is the purpose of the zona pellucida for the blastocyst?
Hard protein shell inhibiting polyspermy and protects early embryo
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What is the purpose of the trophectoderm for the blastocyst?
Extra-embryonic cells that contribute to the extraembryonic structures that support development
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What is the purpose of the inner cell mass for the blastocyst?
Pluripotent embryonic cells that will contribute to the final organism
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What is the purpose of the blastocoel for the blastocyst?
Fluid-filled cavity formed osmotically by trophoblast pumping Na+ ions into cavity
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How does that blastocyst implant in the uterus?
blastocyst must escape zona pellucida
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How does that blastocyst escape the zona pellucida?
→ enzymatic digestion | → cellular contractions
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What are the separate embryonic cell lineages of the morula?
→ inner cell mass = embryonic | → trophectoderm = extra-embryonic
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How many days does it approximately take for the blastocyst to develop from a fertilised ovum?
6 days
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How does the trophectoderm lineage separate during peri-implantation events?
→ syncitiotrophoblast | → cytotrophoblast
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How does the inner cell mass lineage separate during peri-implantation events?
→ epiblast | → hypoblast
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What are the syncitiotrophoblasts?
→ Trophoblast cells fuse to form the syncitiotrophoblast → Syncitiotrophoblast invasion into the uterine endometrium destroys local maternal cells in the endometrium → Creates interface between embryo and maternal blood supply → secretes beta hCG subunit
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What are the cytotrophoblasts?
→ remains around the blastocoel cavity, remaining individual to provide a source of syncitio-trophoblasts
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What are the epiblasts?
→ layer closest to the cytotrophoblasts | → from which the fetal tissue will be derived
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What are the hypoblasts?
→ layer furthest from the cytotrophoblasts | → will form the yolk sac (extra-embryonic structure)
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When do the peri-implantation events occur?
day 7-9 approximately
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What is the next step after the peri-implantation events? When does it occur?
→ bi-laminar embryonic disc formation | → day 12+
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What is the process of the formation of the bi-laminar embryonic disc?
→ some of the epiblasts separate from the border of the cytotrophoblasts to create 2 cavities → new cavity closer to the uterus = amnion cavity → 2-layer embryonic membrane disc made up of epiblasts + hypoblasts separates the 2 cavities → allows the embryo to be ready for gastrulation
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What are the amnion cells? What are their purpose?
→ epiblast cells that line the amniotic cavity + cytotrophoblasts → amnion cells contribute to extra-embryonic membranes
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Why can a pregnancy be detected using a pregnancy test usually after the formation of the bi-laminar embryonic disc formation?
→ syncitiotrophoblasts secrete beta hCG subunit | → can now be detected in blood + urine by pregnancy test
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What happens after the formation of the bi-laminar embryonic disc formation?
gastrulation
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What is the process of gastrulation?
→ thickened structure forms in the caudal end of the epiblasts of the amniotic cavity called the primitive streak → primitive streak contains the primitive node + pit = groove → epiblasts pass through the groove down into the hypoblast layer = INVAGINATION → first epiblasts to invade hypoblasts = new layer called definitive endoderm layer → remaining epiblasts above this = ectoderm → cells remaining in space between endoderm and ectoderm = mesoderm
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At what point does gastrulation occur?
15 days +
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What are the 3 germ layers that form from the epiblast cells?
→ ectoderm → mesoderm → endoderm
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Why are the germ layers so important?
they're precursor tissues to organs of fetus
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What tissues and organs develop from the endoderm?
``` → GI tract → liver → pancreas → lungs → thyroid ```
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What tissues and organs develop from the ectoderm?
→ CNS → neural crest → skin epithelia → tooth enamel
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What tissues and organs develop from the mesoderm?
``` → blood (endothelial cells, red + white blood cell) → muscle (smooth, skeletal, cardiac) → gonads → kidneys → adrenal cortex → bone → cartilage ```
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What is the purpose of the notochord?
acts as a key organising centre for neurulation + mesoderm development
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What is neurulation?
forming of the neural tube + CNS
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What is the process of neurulation?
→ Notochord signals direct the neural plate ectoderm to invaginate forming neural groove → Creates two ridges (neural folds) running along the cranio-caudal axis → Neural crest cells specified in neural folds → Neural folds move together over neural groove → Ultimately neural folds fuse, forming a hollow tube → Neural tube overlaid with epidermis (ectoderm) → Migration of the neural crest cells from folds
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When does the head of the neural tube close?
the head end closes at day 23 approximately
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When does the tail end of the neural tube close?
day 27
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What happens after the closure of the neural tube?
formation of the brain structures
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What can the failure of the neural tube closure cause?
developmental defects : → anencephaly → spina bifida
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What is anencephaly?
→ absence of most of the skull and brain → arises from failure to close at the head end → 1/10,000 births
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What is spina bifida?
→ open neural tube at birth, usually lower spine → due to failure to close tail end– varying severity → 0.4-5/1000 births
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What are the different neural crest cells?
→ cranial NC → cardiac NC → trunk NC → vagral + sacral
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What do the cranial neural crest cells develop into?
``` → cranial neurones → glia → lower jaw → middle ear bones (ossicles) → facial cartilage ```
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What do the cardiac neural crest cells develop into?
→ aortic arch → pulmonary artery septum → large artery walls → musculo-connective tissues
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What do the trunk neural crest cells develop into?
``` → dorsal root ganglia → sympathetic ganglia → adrenal medulla → aortic nerve clusters → melanocytes ```
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What do the vagral + sacral neural crest cells develop into?
→ parasympathetic ganglia | → enteric nervous system ganglia
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What can defects of the neural crest migration or specification lead to?
→ pigmentation disorders → deafness → cardiac + facial defects → failure to innervate gut
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What is somitogenesis?
→ formation of somites | → segmentation of body axis
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What are somites?
arise from paired blocks of paraxial mesoderm flanking the neural tube + notochord
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What is the process of somitogenesis?
→ Blocks of paraxial mesoderm condense and bud off in somite pairs → One of each pair either side of the neural tube. → Somitogenesis commences at the head end and progresses down the long axis of the embryo → Rate of ‘budding’ or appearance of somite pairs is species-specific, as is the number of pairs.
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What are the 2 types of embryonic tissue formed from somites?
→ dermomyotome | → sclerotome
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What is sclerotome?
vertebrae + rib cartilage
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What does dermomyotome split into?
→ dermatome | → myotome
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What is a dermatome?
gives rise to dermis of skin, some fat + connective tissue of neck + trunk
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What is a myotome?
forms muscles of the embryo
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When does the primitive gut form?
day 16 +
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What 2 processes form the primitive gut?
→ ventral folding : where the head + tail ends curl together | → lateral folding : where the 2 sides of embryo roll
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How does the the primitive gut form?
ventral folding + lateral folding pinch off part of the yolk sac to form the primitive gut
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How can the primitive gut be split up?
→ foregut → midgut → hindgut
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What is a part of the foregut?
``` → oesophagus → stomach → upper duodenum → liver → gall bladder → pancreas ```
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What is a part of the midgut?
``` → lower duodenum → jejunum → ileum → ascending colon → 2/3 of transverse colon ```
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What is a part of the hindgut?
→ last third of transverse colon → descending colon → rectum → upper anal canal
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How is the heart derived?
→ begins as tube of mesoderm at day 19 | → beating + pumping blood commences around day 22
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From when is a fetal heart beat detectable?
approx. 6 weeks gestational age
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How are the lungs formed?
→ Arise from the lung bud, and endodermal structure adjacent to the foregut, in the 4th week of development → Lung bud splits into two at the end of the 4th week, and progressively branches through development
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How do the female gonads develop?
Forms from mesoderm as bipotential (i.e. not committed to testis or ovary) structures known as gonadal/genital ridges absence of SRY leads to gonadal cells adopting a granulosa cell fate and ovary development, requires reinforcement by FOXL2
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How do the male gonads begin to develop?
Forms from mesoderm as bipotential (i.e. not committed to testis or ovary) structures known as gonadal/genital ridges XY embryos: presence of SRY gene on Y chromosome directs gonadal cells to become Sertoli cells, triggering testis development, Leydig cell formation and testosterone production

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