Blastomere

Blastomere
Latin	blastomerus
Code	TE E7.0.1.2.0.0.2

A blastomere is a type of cell produced by division of the egg after fertilization.

See also

References

"Blastomere." Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. (2000). ISBN 0-683-40007-X
Moore, Keith L. and T.V.N. Persaud. The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 7th ed. (2003). ISBN 0-7216-9412-8

Developmental biology > Human embryogenesis (development of embryo) and development of fetus (TE E2.0)

First three
weeks

Week 1

Fertilization · Oocyte activation · Zygote · Cleavage · Morula · Blastula (Blastomere) · Blastocyst · Inner cell mass

Week 2
(Bilaminar)

Hypoblast · Epiblast

Week 3
(Trilaminar)

Germ layers	Archenteron/Primitive streak (Primitive pit, Primitive knot/Blastopore, Primitive groove) · Gastrula/Gastrulation · Regional specification · Embryonic disc

Ectoderm	Surface ectoderm · Neuroectoderm · Somatopleuric mesenchyme · Neurulation · Neural crest

Endoderm	Splanchnopleuric mesenchyme

Mesoderm	Chorda- · Paraxial (Somite/Somitomere) · Intermediate · Lateral plate (Intraembryonic coelom, Splanchnopleuric mesenchyme/Somatopleuric mesenchyme)

M: OBS

phys/devp/memb

mthr/fetu/infc, epon

proc, drug(2A/G2C)