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36 Cards in this Set
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morula
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solid ball of cells at the 16-32 stage
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blastula
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hollow ball of cells with a bastocoel
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gastrula
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after gastrulation with three germ layers
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ectoderm
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will become skin, hair, nails, brain
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mesoderm
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will become muscles, heart, respiration, and urinary systems
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endoderm
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will become lining of the disgestive, urinary, and respiratory tracks
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gastrulation
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ectoderm becoming endoderm
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germ layers
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ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
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blastocoel
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hollow, fluid-filled cavity in the blastula
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tissue
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group of cells with similar structure and function
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invagination
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cells push into the blastocoel
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archenteron
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primitive gut which forms during gastrulation
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blastopore
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hole the blastula, becomes the anus
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coelom
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body cavity lined by mesoderm
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coelom
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becomes the thoracic and abdominal cavities
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notochord
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dorsal supporting rod which exists in all chordates sometime in their life history
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notochord
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becomes the vertebral column
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nueral plate
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becomes the spinal chord
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somites
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clumps of muscle around the nueral plate
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somites
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become the back muscles
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neurulation
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development of the nervous system and the brain in an embryo
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tottipotency
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ability of all cells to develop into an organism
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maternal determinants
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chemicals which influence the course of development
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cytoplasmic segregation
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the parceling of signals present in the egg cytoplasm to the cells which result from cleavage
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cleavage
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cell division without growth
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induction
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ability of one embryonic tissue to influence the development of another tissue by use of chemical signals
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specialization
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process by which cells become specialized in structure and function
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morphogenesis
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emergence of shape in tissues, organs, or an entire embryo
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development
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growth, morphogenesis, and specialization
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homeotic genes
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genes which control the overall body plan by controlling the fate of groups of cells during development
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homeobox
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nucleotide sequence located in all homeotic genes and serve to identify portions of the genome
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chorion
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carries out gas exchanges
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amnion
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provides protection in the form of amniotic fluid
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allantois
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collects nitrogenous wastes
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yolk sac
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provides nourishment in the form of proteins/lipoproteins
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placenta
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forms from the chorion and the uterine wall, allows nutrients and wastes to pass between the mother and the embryo
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