General Anatomy
Lecture # 24
Fertilization
Fertilization
 At the time of coitus 200-600 million sperms are deposited into
the female vagina in the vicinity of cervix.
 Following ejaculation, semen undergoes clotting by the action of
enzymes present in the prostatic secretion.
 After about 5 minutes clot liquefies and spermatozoa become
actively motile: the tails perform undulating movements which
propels them forwards. The speed varies with the environment
but on the average it is 2 -3 mm/min.
 Prostaglandinds reverse the peristaltic contractions of the uterus
and uterine tubes thus helping the ascent of spermatozoa to the
site of fertilization.
 Out of millions of spermatozoa only 300-500 reach the site of
fertilization and it is only one which is able to fertilize.
 A freshly deposited sperm is not able to fertilize the
secondary oocyte until it is conditioned in the female
genital tract for sometimes lasting about 7 hours.
 During this time glycoprotein coat and seminal
plasma proteins are removed from the plasma
membrane that overlies the acrosomal region of the
spermatozoa.
 This process whereby freshly ejaculated sperms
develop the capacity to fertilize a secondary oocyte is
called capacitation of sperm.
Fertilization:
the fusion of the sperm cell
nucleus with the egg cell
nucleus to produce a zygote
(fertilized egg)
Fertilization:
 External
 Occurs outside of the body of the
female
 Increased number of eggs produced to
insure the survival of the species
Fertilization:
 Internal
 Occurs inside the body of the female
 Fewer number of eggs are produced
Fertilization:
 fertilization in
mammals
occurs in the
oviduct
 The ova is
viable for
approximately
24 hours after
ovulation
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION
 THE SPERM APPROACHES THE EGG
 THE SPERM’S ACROSOMAL ENZYMES DIGEST THE
EGG’S JELLY COAT
 PROTEINS ON THE SPERM HEAD BIND TO EGG
RECEPTORS
 THE PLASMA MEMBRANES OF SPERM AND EGG
FUSE
 THE SPERM NUCLEUS ENTERS THE EGG
CYTOPLASM
 A FERTILIZATION ENVELOPE FORMS
Fertilization early embryo dev't
Implantation
 After approximately
a week, the
developing embryo
is implanted into the
uterus
 Embryo:
conception to 8
weeks
Embryonic Development
Fertilization early embryo dev't
Embryo:
 a multicellular organism in the early
stages of development
2 four cell stage embryos
Eight cell stage embryo
Embryo:
The beginning developmental processes
are always the same in all animals:
1) cleavage
2) growth
3) differentiation
Embryo:
 after fertilization
the diploid
ZYGOTE
undergoes
cleavage
divisions in the
oviduct
Cleavage
the first series of cell divisions by
mitosis after fertilization
Cell division is rapid, new cells do not
take time for the growth phase G1
cell growth does not occur so cells
decrease in size with each
cleavage division
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 CLEAVAGE PRODUCES A BALL OF CELLS FROM THE
ZYGOTE
 CLEAVAGE
 RAPID SUCCESSION OF CELL DIVISIONS THAT PRODUCES A
BALL OF CELLS – A MULTICELLULAR EMBRYO – FROM THE
ZYGOTE
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 CLEAVAGE PRODUCES A BALL OF
CELLS FROM THE ZYGOTE
 BLASTOCOEL
 FLUID-FILLED CAVITY IN THE
CENTER OF THE EMBRYO
 BLASTULA
 HOLLOW BALL OF CELLS THAT
RESULTS WHEN CLEAVAGE IS
FINISHED
Cleavage divisions
 Morula forms (solid ball of cells)
 Blastula forms (hollow ball of cells)
 Cells begin to grow before dividing
Fertilization early embryo dev't
Differentation
 Gastrulation: one side of the
blastula invaginates (indents)
forming a gastrula
 Three cell layers form.
 SECOND MAJOR
PHASE OF EMBRYONIC
DEVELOPMENT; ADDS MORE
CELLS TO THE EMBRYO;
SORTS
THE CELLS INTO DISTINCT
CELL
LAYERS
Differentation
Differentiation
 The changing of unspecialized
embryonic cells into the specialized
cells, tissues and organs of a
multicellular animal
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 GASTRULATION PRODUCES A THREE-
LAYERED EMBRYO
 GASTRULA
 THREE-LAYERED STAGE OF THE EMBRYO
 THREE LAYERS ARE LABELED
 ECTODERM
 ENDODERM
 MESODERM
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 GASTRULA LAYERS DEVELOP INTO…
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 ORGANS START TO FORM AFTER
GASTRULATION
 NOTOCHORD
 NEURAL TUBE
 SOMITES
 COELOM
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 CHANGES IN CELL SHAPE, CELL
MIGRATION, AND PROGRAMMED CELL
DEATH GIVE FORM TO THE
DEVELOPING ANIMAL
 PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH =
APOPTOSIS
 TIMELY, TIDY SUICIDE OF CELLS
 NECESSARY TO CREATE SPACE BETWEEN
FINGERS AND TOES
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 THE EMBRYO AND PLACENTA TAKE SHAPE DURING THE FIRST
MONTH OF PREGNANCY
 GESTATION
 PREGNANCY; THE CARRYING OF DEVELOPING YOUNG
WITHIN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
 AN OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT EVENTS
 BLASTOCYST  MAMMALIAN EQUIVALENT OF A
BLASTULA
 TROPHOBLAST  OUTER LAYER THAT ALLOWS
UTERINE IMPLANTATION
 PLACENTA  COMBINATION OF TROPHOBLAST AND
MATERNAL CELLS
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 AN OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT EVENTS
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES
 AMNION  PROTECTIVE FLUID
 YOLK SAC  NO YOLK IN HUMANS, BUT SAME NAME;
NOURISHMENT FOR NON-PLACENTALS
 CHORION  BECOME EMBRYOS PART OF PLACENTA
 RELEASES HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (HCG)
 CAUSES CORPUS LUTERUM TO STAY; PREVENTS
MENSTRUATION
 ALLANTOIS  FUNCTIONS IN WASTE DISPOSAL; WILL
BECOME THE UMBILICAL CORD
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 THE PLACENTA
 CHORIONIC VILLI  CONTAIN
EMBRYONIC BLOOD VESSELS
 NEAR MATERNAL BLOOD; NO DIRECT
MIXTURE OF BLOOD
 NUTRIENTS, GASES, WASTE PRODUCES
ARE PASSED THROUGH THE PLACENTA
 DRUGS, ALCOHOL, VIRUSES CAN PASS
THROUGH
 ANTIBODIES CAN PASS THROUGH
Placenta
 organ that
forms from
the embryo
and the uterus
Placenta
 contains blood vessels from
the mother and the
developing baby
Placenta
 Oxygen & nutrients diffuse from the
mother’s blood vessels into the
baby’s blood vessels
 Wastes diffuse from the baby’s blood
vessels into the mother’s blood
vessels
Umbilical Cord
 two arteries and a
vein Connects the
fetus to the
placenta
Amniotic Sac
 Contains fluid
(amniotic fluid)
that protects
fetus by giving it
a stable
environment and
absorbing shock
Fetus
 By the end of the 8th
week of pregnancy
the embryo is called
a fetus and all of the
major structures are
present
Later Stages of Fetal
Development
Human gestation
 the period
between
fertilization and
birth
 approximately
38-40 weeks
Teratogens
 Substances that may harm the
developing fetus and result in the
formation of birth defects
Teratogens include:
 Alcohol, certain
drugs/medications, infections,
and certain chemicals
How do twins form???
Monozygotic Twins
(Identical Twins)
 One egg is fertilized by one sperm
 Embryo splits into two during the early stages
of development
 Have identical genes and must be of the
same sex
 (Incidence: about 3 in every 1000 births)
Dizygotic Twins
(Fraternal Twins)
 Two eggs are ovulated and each is fertilized
by a sperm cell
 No more genetically similar than any other
sibling in the family (can be same/different
sexes)
 Maternal age, use of assisted reproductive
technologies are factors
 Incidence (6.7/1000 births in Japan to
40/1000 births in Nigeria)
REPRODUCTION AND
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
 NO TIME FOR FUNNY JOKES…WE HAVE TO RACE TO THE FINISH!!!! NERVOUS
SYSTEM NEXT!!!

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Fertilization early embryo dev't

  • 1. General Anatomy Lecture # 24 Fertilization
  • 3.  At the time of coitus 200-600 million sperms are deposited into the female vagina in the vicinity of cervix.  Following ejaculation, semen undergoes clotting by the action of enzymes present in the prostatic secretion.  After about 5 minutes clot liquefies and spermatozoa become actively motile: the tails perform undulating movements which propels them forwards. The speed varies with the environment but on the average it is 2 -3 mm/min.  Prostaglandinds reverse the peristaltic contractions of the uterus and uterine tubes thus helping the ascent of spermatozoa to the site of fertilization.  Out of millions of spermatozoa only 300-500 reach the site of fertilization and it is only one which is able to fertilize.
  • 4.  A freshly deposited sperm is not able to fertilize the secondary oocyte until it is conditioned in the female genital tract for sometimes lasting about 7 hours.  During this time glycoprotein coat and seminal plasma proteins are removed from the plasma membrane that overlies the acrosomal region of the spermatozoa.  This process whereby freshly ejaculated sperms develop the capacity to fertilize a secondary oocyte is called capacitation of sperm.
  • 5. Fertilization: the fusion of the sperm cell nucleus with the egg cell nucleus to produce a zygote (fertilized egg)
  • 6. Fertilization:  External  Occurs outside of the body of the female  Increased number of eggs produced to insure the survival of the species
  • 7. Fertilization:  Internal  Occurs inside the body of the female  Fewer number of eggs are produced
  • 8. Fertilization:  fertilization in mammals occurs in the oviduct  The ova is viable for approximately 24 hours after ovulation
  • 9. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION  THE SPERM APPROACHES THE EGG  THE SPERM’S ACROSOMAL ENZYMES DIGEST THE EGG’S JELLY COAT  PROTEINS ON THE SPERM HEAD BIND TO EGG RECEPTORS  THE PLASMA MEMBRANES OF SPERM AND EGG FUSE  THE SPERM NUCLEUS ENTERS THE EGG CYTOPLASM  A FERTILIZATION ENVELOPE FORMS
  • 11. Implantation  After approximately a week, the developing embryo is implanted into the uterus  Embryo: conception to 8 weeks
  • 14. Embryo:  a multicellular organism in the early stages of development 2 four cell stage embryos Eight cell stage embryo
  • 15. Embryo: The beginning developmental processes are always the same in all animals: 1) cleavage 2) growth 3) differentiation
  • 16. Embryo:  after fertilization the diploid ZYGOTE undergoes cleavage divisions in the oviduct
  • 17. Cleavage the first series of cell divisions by mitosis after fertilization Cell division is rapid, new cells do not take time for the growth phase G1 cell growth does not occur so cells decrease in size with each cleavage division
  • 18. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  CLEAVAGE PRODUCES A BALL OF CELLS FROM THE ZYGOTE  CLEAVAGE  RAPID SUCCESSION OF CELL DIVISIONS THAT PRODUCES A BALL OF CELLS – A MULTICELLULAR EMBRYO – FROM THE ZYGOTE
  • 19. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  CLEAVAGE PRODUCES A BALL OF CELLS FROM THE ZYGOTE  BLASTOCOEL  FLUID-FILLED CAVITY IN THE CENTER OF THE EMBRYO  BLASTULA  HOLLOW BALL OF CELLS THAT RESULTS WHEN CLEAVAGE IS FINISHED
  • 21.  Morula forms (solid ball of cells)  Blastula forms (hollow ball of cells)  Cells begin to grow before dividing
  • 23. Differentation  Gastrulation: one side of the blastula invaginates (indents) forming a gastrula  Three cell layers form.  SECOND MAJOR PHASE OF EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ADDS MORE CELLS TO THE EMBRYO; SORTS THE CELLS INTO DISTINCT CELL LAYERS
  • 25. Differentiation  The changing of unspecialized embryonic cells into the specialized cells, tissues and organs of a multicellular animal
  • 26. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  GASTRULATION PRODUCES A THREE- LAYERED EMBRYO  GASTRULA  THREE-LAYERED STAGE OF THE EMBRYO  THREE LAYERS ARE LABELED  ECTODERM  ENDODERM  MESODERM
  • 27. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  GASTRULA LAYERS DEVELOP INTO…
  • 28. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  ORGANS START TO FORM AFTER GASTRULATION  NOTOCHORD  NEURAL TUBE  SOMITES  COELOM
  • 29. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  CHANGES IN CELL SHAPE, CELL MIGRATION, AND PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH GIVE FORM TO THE DEVELOPING ANIMAL  PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH = APOPTOSIS  TIMELY, TIDY SUICIDE OF CELLS  NECESSARY TO CREATE SPACE BETWEEN FINGERS AND TOES
  • 30. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  THE EMBRYO AND PLACENTA TAKE SHAPE DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF PREGNANCY  GESTATION  PREGNANCY; THE CARRYING OF DEVELOPING YOUNG WITHIN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT  AN OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT EVENTS  BLASTOCYST  MAMMALIAN EQUIVALENT OF A BLASTULA  TROPHOBLAST  OUTER LAYER THAT ALLOWS UTERINE IMPLANTATION  PLACENTA  COMBINATION OF TROPHOBLAST AND MATERNAL CELLS
  • 31. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  AN OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT EVENTS
  • 32. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES  AMNION  PROTECTIVE FLUID  YOLK SAC  NO YOLK IN HUMANS, BUT SAME NAME; NOURISHMENT FOR NON-PLACENTALS  CHORION  BECOME EMBRYOS PART OF PLACENTA  RELEASES HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (HCG)  CAUSES CORPUS LUTERUM TO STAY; PREVENTS MENSTRUATION  ALLANTOIS  FUNCTIONS IN WASTE DISPOSAL; WILL BECOME THE UMBILICAL CORD
  • 33. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES
  • 34. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  THE PLACENTA  CHORIONIC VILLI  CONTAIN EMBRYONIC BLOOD VESSELS  NEAR MATERNAL BLOOD; NO DIRECT MIXTURE OF BLOOD  NUTRIENTS, GASES, WASTE PRODUCES ARE PASSED THROUGH THE PLACENTA  DRUGS, ALCOHOL, VIRUSES CAN PASS THROUGH  ANTIBODIES CAN PASS THROUGH
  • 35. Placenta  organ that forms from the embryo and the uterus
  • 36. Placenta  contains blood vessels from the mother and the developing baby
  • 37. Placenta  Oxygen & nutrients diffuse from the mother’s blood vessels into the baby’s blood vessels  Wastes diffuse from the baby’s blood vessels into the mother’s blood vessels
  • 38. Umbilical Cord  two arteries and a vein Connects the fetus to the placenta
  • 39. Amniotic Sac  Contains fluid (amniotic fluid) that protects fetus by giving it a stable environment and absorbing shock
  • 40. Fetus  By the end of the 8th week of pregnancy the embryo is called a fetus and all of the major structures are present
  • 41. Later Stages of Fetal Development
  • 42. Human gestation  the period between fertilization and birth  approximately 38-40 weeks
  • 43. Teratogens  Substances that may harm the developing fetus and result in the formation of birth defects
  • 44. Teratogens include:  Alcohol, certain drugs/medications, infections, and certain chemicals
  • 45. How do twins form???
  • 46. Monozygotic Twins (Identical Twins)  One egg is fertilized by one sperm  Embryo splits into two during the early stages of development  Have identical genes and must be of the same sex  (Incidence: about 3 in every 1000 births)
  • 47. Dizygotic Twins (Fraternal Twins)  Two eggs are ovulated and each is fertilized by a sperm cell  No more genetically similar than any other sibling in the family (can be same/different sexes)  Maternal age, use of assisted reproductive technologies are factors  Incidence (6.7/1000 births in Japan to 40/1000 births in Nigeria)
  • 48. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  NO TIME FOR FUNNY JOKES…WE HAVE TO RACE TO THE FINISH!!!! NERVOUS SYSTEM NEXT!!!