Embryology Flashcards
(9 cards)
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Embryology
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The balance of biology that studies the pre-natal development of gamites and fertilization and development of embryos and fetuses
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Morphogenesis
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The origin of your shape
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Differentiation
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Process of cells becoming different specifying for different jobs
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Growth
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Increase of size, requires input of matter – food
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Fertilization
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Gamites- sperm and egg join in fertilization
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Cleavage
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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
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Blastula
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A hollow morula which consists of more cells
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Gastrulation
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Formation of a gut
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Organogenesis
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Formation of organs from three Germ layers
