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Embryology: Studying Prenatal Development and Congenital Disorders

Embryology is the branch of biology that focuses on the prenatal development of gametes, fertilization, and the development of embryos and fetuses. This field also includes the study of congenital disorders that occur before birth. In this lab, students will learn about the different stages of human development before birth, from the pre-embryonic period to the fetal period, and understand the potential for malformations during the crucial first 8 weeks.

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Embryology: Studying Prenatal Development and Congenital Disorders

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  1. MustansiriyahUniversityCollege of scienceBiology Dept.Zoology 4thclass EmbryologyLAB. (1) NAME :

  2. EMBRYOLOGY Embryologyis the branch of biology that studies the prenatal development of gametes (sex cells), fertilization, and development of embryos and fetuses. Additionally, embryology encompasses the study of congenital disorders that occur before birth. Gamete is a haploid cell that fuses with another haploid cell during fertilization (conception) in organisms that sexually reproduce. female is produces the larger type of gamete—called an ovum (or egg) maleproduces the smaller tadpole-like type—called a sperm. Human development begins when a spermatozoon fertilizes an oocyte. an embryo comprises the tissues formed once mitosis of an ovum (a fertilized oocyte) begins; thus even at the two-cell stage it is an embryo.

  3. Stages of development before birth • 1. Pre-embryonic period. • Time : conception week 2 • Event: a. Fertilized ovum • b. Formation of morula until blastocyst implanted. • 2. Embryonic period. • Time : 2nd week 8th week • Event: a. germ layer + placenta development. • b. main body system form. • 3. Fetal period. • Time : 8th week birth. • Event : Further growth + development of organs. • 4. Crucial period : potential for malformation in the first 8 weeks ( the embryo is most vulnerable to environment agent such as viruses and other teratogenic.

  4. A fertilized ovum has a diploid number of chromosomes and once the second meiotic division has been completed, the stage of cleavage can begin. • This consists of a series of rapid mitotic cell divisions in which the ovum divides over a period of about 3 days, resulting in the so-called 16-cell-stage embryo. Each cell is known as a blastomere. • After each cleavage division, the number of cells increases, the size of each cell diminishes. The solid sphere of cells that forms is known as a morula.

  5. The morula soon shows signs of further differentiation. • Cavities appear within the center of the sphere of cells, forming a blastocyst, the cavity itself being the blastocoele. • Once this stage has been reached the outer layer of the blastocyst soon thins to single-cell thickness to become the trophoblast, enclosing the enlarging fluid-filled blastocyst cavity. • The central group of cells move to one pole of the blastocyst (the embryonic pole) to form the inner cell mass from which the whole embryoitself will form. The trophoblast contributes to the fetal component of the placenta.

  6. Approximately 12–24 hours after ovulation, Fertilization takes place in the ampullaof the uterine tube. • At about 30 hours post-fertilization, The first mitotic division of cleavage will be completed by the time that the two-cell stage embryo reaches the middle of the tube. • By 3 days the morula of 12–16 cells will have reached the junction of the uterine tube and the uterus. • By 4–5 days the fully formed blastocyst reaches the uterine lumen in preparation for implantation, which occurs a day later.

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