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    The zygote undergoes cleavage to form a ball of cells called a blastocyst within the oviduct over 4-5 days. The blastocyst contains an outer layer called the trophoblast and an inner cell mass. When it reaches the uterus, the trophoblast starts to invade the endometrium and gain nutrients, embedding the blastocyst in a process called implantation between 6-9 days after fertilization. The trophoblast then differentiates into inner and outer layers, with the outer layer forming chorionic villi that grow into the endometrium and establish blood flow between the developing embryo and mother.

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    The zygote undergoes cleavage to form a ball of cells called a blastocyst within the oviduct over 4-5 days. The blastocyst contains an outer layer called the trophoblast and an inner cell mass. When it reaches the uterus, the trophoblast starts to invade the endometrium and gain nutrients, embedding the blastocyst in a process called implantation between 6-9 days after fertilization. The trophoblast then differentiates into inner and outer layers, with the outer layer forming chorionic villi that grow into the endometrium and establish blood flow between the developing embryo and mother.

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    The zygote undergoes cleavage to form a ball of cells called a blastocyst within the oviduct over 4-5 days. The blastocyst contains an outer layer called the trophoblast and an inner cell mass. When it reaches the uterus, the trophoblast starts to invade the endometrium and gain nutrients, embedding the blastocyst in a process called implantation between 6-9 days after fertilization. The trophoblast then differentiates into inner and outer layers, with the outer layer forming chorionic villi that grow into the endometrium and establish blood flow between the developing embryo and mother.

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    The zygote undergoes cleavage to form a ball of cells called a blastocyst within the oviduct over 4-5 days. The blastocyst contains an outer layer called the trophoblast and an inner cell mass. When it reaches the uterus, the trophoblast starts to invade the endometrium and gain nutrients, embedding the blastocyst in a process called implantation between 6-9 days after fertilization. The trophoblast then differentiates into inner and outer layers, with the outer layer forming chorionic villi that grow into the endometrium and establish blood flow between the developing embryo and mother.

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    Development

    Animal
    Implantation
    As the zygote passes down the oviduct it divides by successive nuclear and cell divisions into a small ball of
    cells by a process called cleavage. Cleavage involves cells division without growth in size, because the cells
    continued to be retained within the zona pellucida. The cells just get smaller and smaller at this stage. Nuclear
    division is by mitosis. The cells formed are called blastomeres and they form a hollow ball of cells whose
    central cavity is called the blastocoel. This fills with liquid from the oviduct. The outer layer of blastomeres is
    called the trophoblast and this thickens at one point to form a mass of cells called the inner cell mass (ICM).
    This stage is called the blastocyst, about 100 cells and is reached about 4-5 days after fertilisation.
    When the blastocyst arrives in the uterus the zona pellucida gradually disappears over about two days,
    allowing the cells of the trophoblast to make contact with the cells of the endometrium. The term tropho-
    means feeding and the trophoblast starts the process of invading the uterus wall and gaining nutrients from the
    endometrium. The trophoblast cells multiply in the presence of these nutrients and between the sixth and ninth
    days after fertilisation the blastocyst becomes embedded within the endometrium. The process is called
    implantation.
    The cells of the trophoblast differentiate into an inner layer and an outer layer. The outer layer is called
    the chorion, and forms the chorionic villi, finger-like processes which grow into the endometrium. The areas of
    the endometrium between these villi form interconnecting spaces which give this region of the endometrium a
    spongy appearance. Hydrolytic enzymes released by the trophoblast cause the arterial and venous blood vessels
    in the endometrium to break down and blood from them fills the spaces/sinuses called lacunae. In the early
    stages of development of the blastocyst, exchange of nutrients, oxygen and excretory materials between the
    cells of the blastocyst and the maternal blood in the uterus wall occurs through the chorionic villi. Later in
    development his function is taken over by the placenta.

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