Embryology Flashcards
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Embryology
The balance of biology that studies the pre-natal development of gamites and fertilization and development of embryos and fetuses
Morphogenesis
The origin of your shape
Differentiation
Process of cells becoming different specifying for different jobs
Growth
Increase of size, requires input of matter – food
Fertilization
Gamites- sperm and egg join in fertilization
Cleavage
A series of rapid my mitotic divisions without cell growth. The two cells zygoats divide repetitively until above32 cells is formed this is the morula
Blastula
A hollow morula which consists of more cells
Gastrulation
Formation of a gut
Organogenesis
Formation of organs from three Germ layers