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Chapter 28 Class Notes BSC 2086
Fall 2010
(Slide 2) Define 4 features of Pregnancy:
The oocyte is viable for ___________________ hours, the sperm is viable _________________________
after ejaculation.
For fertilization to occur, coitus (sexual intercourse) must occur no more than: ______________________
before ovulation, or ______________________________ after ovulation. Fertilization is when the
sperm’s ____________________________________________ combine with those of a secondary oocyte
to form a ____________________________________ (zygote).
Only ________________________________________________ sperm reach the uterine tubes.
(Slide 7) Sperm must be ____________________________ before they can penetrate the oocyte. What
does this term mean?
(Slides 9-11) Sperm must cross the oocyte’s ________________________________________________.
Cell surface enzymes help sperm break through ____________________________________ of the
coronoa radiata. When sperm binds to a ZP3 receptor at the __________________________________,
its acrosome releases _____________________________________ to digest holes in the zona pellucida.
__________________________ of sperms must release acrosomal enzymes to digest the zona pellucida.
When the first sperm head approaches the oocyte, an ___________________________________ forms
from the sperm head, which binds to the oocyte’s ______________________________ receptors. Oocyte
and sperm membranes fuse, and ___________________________ sperm is allowed to penetrate the
oocyte (monospermy). Upon entry of the sperm, a Ca2+ surge from the oocyte’s ER causes a
_____________________________________________________, which means: cortical granules release
enzymes called zonal inhibiting proteins (ZIPs) that destroy ______________________ receptors.
Spilled materials bind water and swell, to detach ________________________ sperm. Process called
slow block to __________________________________.
(Slide 13) As the sperm nucleus moves toward the oocyte nucleus it swells to form the male
____________________________. A _______________________________ triggers the completion of
meiosis II  which creates the _______________________ + ____________________ polar body.
Ovum nucleus swells to become a female _____________________________. Membranes of the two
pronuclei rupture and the ___________________________________ combine to form a
____________________________.
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(Slide 15) ________________________________is mitotic divisions of the zygote (fertilized egg). First
cleavage occurs at __________________ hours  and produces two daughter cells
called_____________________________. At ________________ hours  a
___________________________ of _________ or more cells forms. At day ______________________,
the __________________ of ~100 cells called a _____________________________ reaches the uterus.
(Slide 16) A ___________________________________is a fluid-filled hollow sphere that forms at 3 to
4 days. ___________________________________ cells form the spherical walls, which display factors
that are immunosuppressive, and participate in _____________________________ formation.
The _______________________________cell mass becomes the embryonic disc which is the embryo
and ______________________ of the embryonic membranes.
(Slide 18) Implantation of the Blastocyst occurs ________________________________ after
______________________________.
(Slide 20) Trophoblasts proliferate and form two distinct layers:
___________________________________ that is the inner layer of cells, and
__________________________________ that is cells in the outer layer that lose their plasma
membranes, _______________________________________ the endometrium.
(Slide 24) ___________________________________________________________________ (hCG) is
secreted by trophoblast cells; later by the ___________________________. hCG prompts the corpus
luteum to continue secretion of _________________________________________________________..
hCG levels rise until the end of the _______________________________ month, then decline as the
_____________________________ begins to secrete progesterone and estrogen.
(Slids 26-28) ______________________________________ is the formation of the
_________________________ from embryonic and maternal tissues. Embryonic tissues contributing to
the placenta include _________________________________________ that develop from the inner cell
mass and line the trophoblast. Together the mesoderm and trophoblast form the
_________________________________________________________________.
Maternal tissues contributing to the placenta include the ___________________________________ made
of stratum functionalis that is between the chorionic villi and stratum basalis of the endometrium, which
develops to form _________________________________________.
The Chorionic villi grow into the blood-filled lacunae, and become vascularized by
__________________________________________________________________. The villi are
immersed in ___________________________ blood .
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(Slide 30) Placenta is fully formed and functional by the end of the_________________________ month.
(Slides 31-32) Please Label:
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(Slide 33) Maternal and embryonic blood supplies do not ____________________________.
(Slide 35) During implantation, the blastocyst starts to convert to a ____________________________ (3
layers). The inner cell mass develops into the ________________________________ (subdivides into
epiblast and hypoblast), then the ___________________ primary __________________________ layers
and the extraembryonic membranes develop.
(Slides 36-38) The extraembryonic membranes include these 4 things:
(Slide 41) Define gastrulation and when it occurs:
(Slide 45) Describe the 3 primary germ layers:
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(Slide 2) What is organogenesis and when does it begin?
What does neurulation form?
(Slide 4) What do the neural tube and neural crest cells form?
Please Label:
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(Slide 15) The notochord is a specialization of ___________________________________________.
(Slide 16) Describe 3 functional parts of Somites:
(Slide 30) Which weeks of development are associated with the fetal period?
(Slide 39) What is parturition?
(Slide 40) What causes false labor?
What 2 hormones are powerful uterine muscle stimulants during labor contractions?
(Slide 44) The longest stage of labor lasts _______________________________ hours.
(Slide 51) What does the Apgar score meaure and what is a healthy score?
Describe the transitional period:
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(Slide 56) What hormone directly stimulates lactation?
What hormone causes the letdown reflex?
(Slide 62) Describe in vitro fertilization:
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