Unit 1 Embryology Flashcards
conceptus
fertilization product
embryo
fertilization to 8 weeks
fetus
9th week to birth
zygote
single cellular product of fertilization; diploid; genetic sex determined
cleavage
mitosis series; increases cell number (not size)
blastomere
daughter cell of zygote cleavage; totipotent
morula
around day 4; compaction occurs
embryoblast
inner cell mass in center of morula
trophoblast
periphery cells of morula; invades the endometrium around day 6-7
blastocyst
around day 5; morula accumulates fluid and enters uterine cavity and becomes __
blastocyst’s zona pellucida
degenerating outer layer; blastocyst “hatches” from this
blastocele
fluid filled cavity in blastocyst
embryoblast of blastocyst
inner cell mass of blastocyst
trophoblast of blastocyst
outer cell mass of blastocyst;
give rise to cytotrophoblasts and syncytiotrophoblasts
embryonic pole
region of blastocyst with the embryoblast
opposite end= abembryonic pole
blastocyst coming into contact with endometrium
around day 6-7; implants at embryonic pole
embryoblast cells
give rise to hypoblast layer and epiblast layer
abnormal implantations
ectopic pregnancy, tubal, placenta acreta (rips/invades deep tissue- bleeding), placental previa (near cervix)
implantation of blastocyst
SCTs actively invade into endometrium; cytotrophoblasts (CTs) give rise to additional SCT’s; almost completely embedded by Day 9
utereoplacental circulation
Day 10-11; maternal vessel and SCT cooption- exchange starts in primitive placenta;
Day 14- maternal blood flow in placenta spikes