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Bilaminar Embryonic Disc
Bilaminar Embryonic Disc
1. Blood vessel
Blastocyst during implantation 2. Endometrial
stroma
3.
Syncytiotrophoblast
4. Cytotrophoblast
5. Surface epithelium
6. Epiblast
7. Aminotic cavity
8. Hypoblast
Cells derived from the yolk sac form the extraembryonic mesoderm
and fill the space between the trophoblast externally and the amnion
and the exocoelomic membrane internally. Large cavities within the
extraembryonic mesoderm become confluent and form the
extraembryonic coelom. The extraembryonic coelom splits the
extraembryonic mesoderm into two layers: the extraembryonic
somatic mesoderm, lining the trophoblast and amnion, and the
extraembryonic splanchnic mesoderm, covering the yolk sac. The
extraembryonic somatic mesoderm and the two layers of trophoblast
constitute the chorion. The extraembryonic somatic mesoderm and the
extraembryonic part of the ectoderm constitute the amnion.
Blastocyst - day 12
1. Syncytiotrophoblast
2. Trophoblastic lacunae
3. Surface epithelium
4. Fibrin coagulum
5. Epiblast
6. Aminotic cavity
7. Hypoblast
8. Cytotrophoblast
9. Exocoelomic cavity
The endodermal germ layer produces additional cells which form a new
cavity, known as the secondary or definitive yolk sac. The
extraembryonic coelom expands to form a large chorionic cavity, within
which the embryo and the attached amniotic and yolk sac are suspended
by the connecting stalk.
Blastocyst - day 13
1. Secondary yolk sac
2. Exocoelomic cyst
3. Aminotic cavity
4. Extra-embryonic coelom
5. Epiblast
6. Connecting stalk
7. Hypoblast
8. Primary villi
9. Trophoblastic lacunae
10. Extraembryonic somatic
mesoderm
11. Extraembryonic splanchnic
mesoderm