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Embryology
Embryology
EMBRYOLOGY
Embryology is the study of the development of an
individual before birth
The stages:
Gametogenesis
Fertilization
Clevage
Differentiation
Organogenesis
The term Embyo is applied to the developing
individual during first eight weeks or two months of
intrauterine life.
Type A spermatogonia
Meiosis I
Secondary spermatocytes
22x 22y
Meiosis II
spermatozoan
Spermatozoan
Oogenesis
Oogenesis
Meiosis
Growth of follicles
Before Birth:
Bef0re 3rd month the primordial germs cells undergo mitosis
to form oogonia
23
23
Chromozomes
+ chromozomes
of Secondary
oocyte
of the
spermatozoan
= 46 Chromosmal
Zygote
Cleavage/ Segmentation
After fertilization in the fallopian
tube, the zygote begins to divide in
the fallopian tube itself.
Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm