Question | Answer |
Where do the PGC’s arise from? | Epiblast |
Where do the PGC’s migrate to first? | Gut tube |
What does the movement to the dorsal body wall stimulate next? | Proliferation of epithelium and mesonephros |
When are genital ridges formed? | 6-12 weeks. |
In males, when does spermatogenesis start? | Puberty |
Gametogenesis | Process of meiosis and cytodifferation that converts germ cells into mature male and female gametes |
What happens to the cells of the follicle just following puberty in females? | They change shape. Become cuboidal. |
When does the formation of the zona pellucida occur? | When the primary follicle is formed |
When does the surge of LH/FSH occur? | After the formation of the secondary follicle |
What is triggered in the female immediately after fertilization? | Secondary oocyte resumes meiosis II producing definitive oocyte and 2 polar bodies |
What produces HCG to support the corpus luteum in progesterone secretion? | The embryo! Then the placenta takes over after 4th month. |
Where does the morula travel to? What does it called now? | Uterine cavity;
blastocyst |
morula | The ball of blastomere cells divide, flatten, and reorganize together during compaction where a convex inner cell mass(becomes the embryo) and concave outer cell mass(becomes the placenta) are established |
Blastocele | Fluid filled Cavity formed by the morula while forming the blastocyst. |
The blastocyst hatches from Zona Pellucida and implants, forming these two items…. | Inner cell mass embryoblast |
What days does the embryo differentiate into 2 layers? | Days 7-8 Epiblast and Hypoblast |
What forms the syntiotrophoblast? What day? | Trophoblast cells at embryonic pole that loose cell membranes and syncycium day 6-9 |
What forms the cyntotrophoblast? | Trophoblast cells at abembryonic pole. |
What do the cyntrophoblast secrete? | Hydrolytic enzymes |
Bilaminar germ disk | After the epiblast and hypoblast differentiate from each other in the embryoblast, the embryo is called a bilaminar (two-layered) germ disc. |
When is amniotic cavity formed? What are the surrounding cells called? | day 8, amnioblasts |
What is the major event within the synctiotrophblast that occurs on Day 9? | Vacuoles (trophoblastic lacunae) open within the syncytiotrophoblast and anastome with maternal capillaries. |
When is heusers membrane formed?What is it formed from? | Day 12, Hypoblast cells migrating over cytotrophoblast |
Around day 12, the blastocyst is now called | Primary yolk sac |
What is the acellular material formed between the heusers membrane and cyntrophoblast called? | Extraembyronic reticulum |
The cyntrophoblast develops extensions that dvelop into the syntiotrophoblast. The extensions grow into the ____________ and are called ______ | Lacunae; Primary stem villi |
What becomes the placenta? | The primary stem villi |
What converts primary into secondary villi? | Extraembryonic mesoderm |
When does the chorionic cavity expand, separating the amnion from the cytotrophoblast? | Week 2 |
What is the fate of the primary yolk sac? (around day 12-13) | The old primary yolk sac is displaced toward the abembryonic pole. It ultimately degenerates into a group of exocoelomic vesicles which ultimately disappear. |
What day is primitive streak complete? | Day 16 |
Gastrulation | process of epiblast ingress through the primitive streak forming the primary germ layers |
The fundamental anatomical positions of the embryo are established by the ____ | Primitive Streak |
What four things happen once the two mesodermal structures are developed (prechordal plate and notochordal process)? | 1. Lateral mesoderm become paraxial, intermediate, and lateral plate mesoderm.
2.Primitive streak regressing caudally
3.Prechordal plate and cranial portion of the notochordal process secrete 4. cells differentiate into neural plate |
Which somitomeres develop into somites? | All but first 7. |
What day is notochordal process completely formed? | Day 20 |
When do the blood vessels develop? | Week 3 |
Describe notochordal process’ transformation to solid rod | 1.Ventral floor of tube fuses w/ endoderm
2.tube unzippers ventrally starting @ primitive pit
3.notochordal processes converted to notochordal plate
4.completely detaches from the endoderm and retreats back: notochord |
The lateral plate splits into parietal and visceral layers….What does the parietal layer line?What does the visceral layer line? | 1. lines the intraembryonic cavity
2. visceral lines the outer surfaces of the visceral organs |
Neurulation | conversion of neural plate to neural tube |
Prosencephalon | forebrain) portion cranial to flexure |
Rhombencephalon | hindbrain) portion caudal to flexure |
Describe neurulation | EDIT |
When is Closure of the caudal neuropore | day 26 |
When is bidirectional Closure of the cranial neuropore at site of future forebrain | day 24 |
When does primitive streak disappear? | day 26 |
What are the two steps of Secondary neurulation? | 1. Central mass of caudal eminence forms into a solid neural cord.
2. Forms lumen that joins with the neural canal. Caudal end of neural tube completed at apprx 8 weeks |
Which way does cytodifferentiation proceed? | Caudally and cranially |
what is the order for cytodifferentiation of neural tube? | Neuroepithethial cells surround; Neuroblasts migrate; Glioblasts migrate; Neuroepithelial cells differentiate |
Differentiation of neural tube | Dorsal and ventral columns begin to form in the mantle layer of the spinal cord at end of 4th week. Fundamental morphology of spinalcord established |
Implantation occurs during which week? | First |
What does the trilaminar germ disk differentiate into? | Embryo |
The urinary system and parts of the genital system develop from | intermediate mesoderm |
The hormone responsible for ovulation is | luteinizing hormone or FSH |
What is surrounded by the zona pellucida/ | The morula |
Primary oocytes begin the first meiotic division before birth, but only get so far as an uncompleted: | prophase |
The sex of the embryo is determined at time of | fertilization |
The amniotic cavity develops within the | epiblast |
The primordial germ cells leave the yolk sac and migrate along the dorsal mesentery to reach the genital ridges by | ameboid movement |
In oocytes, the second meiotic division is completed When?? | following fertilization |
The bilaminar germ disc (embryonic disc) consists of: | epiblast and hypoblast |
During the process of meiosis, the DNA replicates itself when? | prior to the first meiotic division |
Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) is produced by the | hypothalamus |
The _______________ of the syncytiotrophoblast fuse to form spaces that will be filled with maternal blood | trophoblastic lacunae |
The first cavity to appear in the embryo after fertilization is the: | blastocyst cavity |
The process that leads to the formation of the three germ layers is called | gastrulation |
The portion of the early embryo that gives rise to essentially all of the fetus is the: | epiblast |
The amniotic cavity develops within the: | epiblast |
After ovulation, the walls of the remaining Graafian follicular structure collapse and form a glandular structure, the: | corpus luteum |
A polar body is the result of: | unequal division of the cytoplasm in oocytes during meiosis |
Contact of the oocyte plasma membrane by a sperm and fusion of their cell membranes induces alteration of the zona pellucida so that no more sperms can penetrate it. This is mediated by release of the contents of: | cortical granules of the oocyte |
Cells that give rise to the gametes in both males and females originate in the | epiblast |
Spaces developing in the extraembryonic reticulum become confluent to form the | chorionic cavity |
Human development is complete when the fetus is delivered at birth...true or false? | False |
Primary chorionic villi are developed as projections of the _______________into the syncytiotrophoblast. | cytotrophoblast |
describe the origin of primordial germ cells (PGCs) and the importance of the yolk sac for PGCs | PGCs originate in the epiblast, migrate to yolk sac and later migrate to the body cavity |
HCG acts on the corpus luteum to maintain production of | progesterone |
Which cells are the surface cell layer of the blastocyst? | the trophoblast cells |
The chromosomal abnormality of Down syndrome (trysomy 21) can be detected by | A karyotype analysis of cells isolated by amniocentosis |
Blastocyst hatching occurs before or after implantation? | before |
What is the embryo-derived cell layer that forms the interface with the endometrium? | Syncytiotrophoblast |
What is the embryo cell layer that is the source of the cells that form the yolk sac? | Hypoblast |
What is the embryo cell layer that is the source of the cells that form the amniotic cavity? | epiblast |
where gastrulating cells migrate out of the epiblast | primitive streak |
The two main types of cells formed by the gastrulating cells are ________________ | Definitive endoderm and primary endoderm |
The notocord is formed by cells that gastrulate through | primitive node |
What is the origin of the paraxial mesoderm, intermediate mesoderm and the lateral plate mesoderm? | Epiblast cells that gastrulate laterally through the primitive streak |
What are condensations of cells that form in the paraxial mesoderm and usually develop further to form somites? | somitomers |
The sclerotome, myotome, and dermatome arise directly from | somites |
The cells of the neural plate have a distinct epithelial structure called | The neuroepithelium or neuroectoderm |
structures formed by cells of the sclerotome? | vertebre |
structures formed by cells of the myotome? | muscles |
The folding of the neural plate to form the neural tube is called ____________ | Neurulation |
The dermal bones of the skull are formed by cells from | Cranial neural crest |
The sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia are formed by cells from | Spinal neural crest |
Neurons of the dorsal root ganglia project axons to which part of the spinal cord? | The dorsal columns |
The costal processes of the vertebrae give rise to | ribs |
Somatic motor neurons reside in ___________ | ventral columns |
Which dietary component is recommended in order to reduce the risk of neural tube defects? | folic acid |
The ventral columns of the spinal cord are induced by sonic hedgehog (SSH) from the floor plate to for what type of neuron? | somatic motor nneuron |
What is formed by cells of the dermatome? | connectie tissue |
What hormone is produced by cells in the pituitary gland? | fsh |
What is the early embryo cell layer that is the source of the cells that form the embryo proper, but not the extraembryonic tissues such as the yolk sac? | epiblast |
Put the following into order:
a.formation of sex cords
b.PGC’s differentiate in endodermal layer
c.Genital ridges appear
d.PGC’s migrate via dorsal mesentery to the dorsal body wall | B D A C |
Put these in order of occurance:
a.Spermatogonia B
b.Secondary spermatocyte
c.Acrosome reaction
d.Spermatid
e.Spermatogonia A
f.Primary spermatocyte
g.Spermatozoa
h.Spermatogonal stem cells
i.Capatation | H, e, a, f, b, d, g, I, c,
Spermatogonal stem cells;
Spermatogonia A;
Spermatogonia B;
Primary spermatocyte;
Secondary spermatocyte;
Spermatid;
Spermatozoa;
Capitation;
Acrosome reaction; |
Put in order of occurance
a.oogonia
b.primary oocyte
c.ovarian follicle
d.development of primordial follicles
e.secondary follicle
f.secondary ooctye
g.Meiosis I resume
h.Pre ovulatory follicle
i.Meiosis II
j.Primary follicle | Ovarian follicle;
Oogonia;
Primary oocyte;
Development of primordial follicles;
Primary follicle;
Secondary follicle;
Pre ovulatory follicle;
Meiosis I resumes;
Secondary oocyte;
Meiosis II; |
Put in order:
a)epiblast cells displace hypoblast creating definitive endoderm.
b)Primitive streak migrates bt epiblast and hypoblast
c)Third germ layer formed
d)Prechordal plate developed
e)Epiblast cells next to Prim Streak proliferate | Epiblast cells proliferate;
Primitive Streak migrates;
Epiblast displace hypoblast;
Third germ layer forms Prechordal plate; |