BIOL 1410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Umbilical Cord, Trophoblast, Amnion

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Figure 28. 3: pre-embryonic period = first 2 weeks, zygote (1 cell, diploid) Undergoes rapid mitotic divisions called cleavage divisions : morula (72 hours) Solid ball of 16-32 cells (cells called blastomeres) . Same size as ovum/zygote : blastocyst (5 days) features: , fluid filled cavity develops = blastocoel/blastocyst cavity, inner cell mass. Cells will divide and differentiate (undergo changes to become more specialized) to form the embryo : trophoblast (made of trophoblast cells) Cells will divide and differentiate to form chorion - provides nutrients to developing embryo . Blastocyst moves from uterine tube and attaches to endometrium of uterine wall . After implantation: inner cell mass forms a 2-layered (bilayered) embryonic disc composed of: : epiblast. Will undergo mitosis to form: : amnion with a fluid filled amniotic cavity, 3 germ layers of the embryo, hypoblast. Will undergo mitosis to form the yolk sac lomoar cpsd| 987298: embryonic period. 3rd week to end of the 8th week .

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