Chapter 4-6 Flashcards
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The series of divisions of the early embryo is called
Cleavage
The resulting cells are called
blastomeres and blastoderm
What type of cleavage has animal and vegetal poles?
Meroblastic
contains a little yolk material that undergo the segmentation division first
Animal pole
contains much of the yolk material which is the last to be segmented.
Vegetal pole
Types of yolks Based on the amount of yolk
• Oligolecithal/miolecithal
• Mesolecithal/medialecithal
• Polylecithal/megalecithal
Types of yolks Based on the distribution of yolk
• Isolecithal
• Centrolecithal
• Telolecithal
Commonly called “ball of cells”, after the Latin name for mulberry. Cellular mass of the embryo occupies most of the perivitelline space.
Morula
form tight junctions destined to become trophoblast or trophoectoderm
Outer blastomeres
form gap junctions destined to become inner cell mass
Inner blastomeres
when water osmotically flow inside, fluid accumulates making some of the blastomeres flattened and a cavity is formed called blastocoele.
Early Blastocyst
The outer cells become the trophoblast and the inner cells are destined to be the _____ that becomes the embryonic disc. Still the embryo is confined inside the zona pellucida.
inner cell mass (ICM)
diameter of the embryo dramatically increased with concurrent thinning of the zona pellucida.
Expanded blastocyst
is best done on blastocyst stage (early to expanded blastocyst).
Embryo Transfer (ET)
zona pellucida ruptures, blastocyst leaves the zona pellucida and attaches (adheres) to the uterine mucosa, followed by the implantation/nidation and placentation of the embryo.
Hatching blastocyst
Other term for inner cell sheet
Hypoblast
ICM differentiates into two cell populations:
Hypoblast and epiblast
Blastocyst Elongation- varies among species of animals:
marked round to oval expansion of the blastocyst
Horses, dogs, cats and rabbits
Blastocyst Elongation- varies among species of animals
marked thread-like expansion
Cattle, sheep, pig-
Blastocyst Elongation- varies among species of animals
little expansion occurs because blastocyst invades the endometrium
Primates, rodents, guinea pigs
Consists of a thin layer of cells and overlies the subgerminal cavity and with no yolk material attached
Area pellucida
Consists of a layer of large cells and overlies the unaltered yolk
Area opaca
comes from a greek term “Gaster” which mean “stomach
Gastrulation
It is a developmental stage in placental mammals which begins with the formation of ____?
primitve streak