Exam 42: Animal Development

One characteristic of animal development is the specialization in both structure and function that cells undergo. This is called:

________ is the medication given to combat morning sickness that caused deformed and missing limbs in infants.

The developmental fate of each cell is determined by chemical interactions among cells in a process called ________.

The ________ implants in the mammalian uterus.

What is a gastrula?

Cells differentiate during development because:

The structure produced by cleavage of a human zygote is called a(n):

At 10 weeks, the blastula becomes an embryo. True or False?

________ is the bacterial invader that causes stillbirths and mental retardation when it crosses the placenta and attacks the fetus.

Your biceps muscle is derived from the:

The cells that line the inside of the blastopore become the:

Maternal blood and fetal blood are mixed in the placenta. True or False?

In a morula, the cells are still undifferentiated. True or False?

Induction refers to:

Recent studies have shown that cells of the dorsal lip of the blastopore contain active ________ genes that code for proteins that are able to induce the development of other cells.

Labor and delivery are an example of a ________ feedback loop.

Free radicals are most damaging to the:

In animals that undergo indirect development, the newborn look like smaller versions of the adults. True or False?

________ is the antibody-rich milk produced in the first few days after delivery.

The process by which an organism proceeds from fertilized egg through adulthood is ________.