Biology
Embryonic Development
621 Questions
Embryonic development questions cover the biological processes of gamete fusion, germ layer formation, and fetal maturation. The focus lies in identifying extraembryonic structures, trophoblast functions, and sequential developmental stages. This specialized topic appears regularly in biology screening tests and medical entrance examinations.
Germ layer formationBlastocyst implantationExtraembryonic structuresFetal development stagesReproductive physiology
Embryonic Development Questions
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Heart
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Lungs
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Primitive gut
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Brain
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NA
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Gastrulation involves a process of invagination at one end of blastula which results in the formation of two-layered cup-shaped gastrula.
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mesoderm
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endoderm
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ectoderm
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All of the above
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NA
B
Correct answer
Explanation
It is the correct answer. Liver and pancreas develop from endoderm.
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Parietal
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Marginal
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Free or central
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Basal
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Axile
D
Correct answer
Explanation
A bi-or tricalpellary syncarpous unilocular ovary having one ovule at base represents the basal placementation.
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apospory
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partenogenesis
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parthenocarpy
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apogamy
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oogamy
D
Correct answer
Explanation
An embryo may sometimes develop from an embryo sac other than egg. This is called apogamy. It is the development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization.
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Recurrent apomixis
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Non-recurrent apomixis
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Adventive embryony
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Vegetative apomixis
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Adventitious embryony
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Non-recurrent apomixis is where an embryo arises directly from a normal egg-cell without the process of fertilization. Egg cells are haploid and hence, the resulting embryo is also haploid. It includes haploid parthenogenesis, haploid apogamy and adrogamy.
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Umbilical cord
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Inner cell mass of the blastocyst
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Decidua
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Myoblast cells
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Trophectoderm
E
Correct answer
Explanation
The developing embryo has two main populations of cells: an inner cell mass and a trophectoderm. The trophectoderm cells lie at the outer surface of the developing embryo and will become the placenta.
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Leydig and thecal cells
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Spermatogonia and oogonia
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Sertoli cells
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Sex cords
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Granulosa cells
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Mesenchyme arising beneath the germinal epithelium in the testes is the precursor to testicular interstitial cells, or Leydig cells, while in the ovaries it is the precursor to ovarian stroma or thecal cells.
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Ectoderm
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Mesoderm
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Endoderm
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All of the above
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NA
A
Correct answer
Explanation
It is the correct option, it forms the outer layer of skin and nervous system.
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morula
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blastocoel
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archenteron
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blastocyst
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oesophagus
C
Correct answer
Explanation
It is the primitive gut that forms during gastrulation in the developing embryo.
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egg and polar nuclei
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egg
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synergids
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antipodal cells
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synergids and antipodal cells
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Synergids direct the growth of pollen tube by secreting some chemical substances.
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alectithal
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mesolecithal
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microlecithal
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macrolecithal
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None of these
C
Correct answer
Explanation
It is an egg that has little yolk.
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blastulation
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organogenesis
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fertilisation
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gametogenesis
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spermatogenesis
B
Correct answer
Explanation
It is the process of differentiation of cells at specific places in the germ layer to form tissue, organ and organ system.
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fertilisation
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implantation
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gestation
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parturition
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All of the above
B
Correct answer
Explanation
It is the attachment of blastocyst to the uterine wall.
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Pericardium and pleura
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Salivary glands
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Thymus gland
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Lungs
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Eye
A
Correct answer
Explanation
It is the covering of heart called the pericardium, and the membrane that surrounds the lungs is called the pleura. It is produced by mesoderm.
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Allantois
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Chorion
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Decidua
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Aminon
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Yolk sac
A
Correct answer
Explanation
It is a small sac that pushes out from the gut of embryo near the yolk sac.