Basically, this teaching session aimed to bring us through the embryo/fetal development scientifically... and because at this time, many concepts had not been covered yet, my learning process was rather hazy.
The pictures/diagrams in the powerpoint slides helped a lot though(i think i'm more of a visual learner than an "aural learner" or "textual learner" or whatever). & i became clearer about the process of implantation specifically(and also got clear of what the syncytiotrophoblasts and cytotrophoblasts were respectively).
There were loads of biological jargon that I couldn't retain in my mind... so for the quiz I totally died... only was sure of the answers for question 2(the one about the 2 kinds of trophoblasts). But this quiz really does serve as good exam revision anyway, lots of information there. I guess the open-ended questions will need more reviewing of the lecture notes(formation of heart tube & primitive streak leading to gastrulation), but at least I now remember that the sperm binds with the ZP3 glycoprotein in the zona pellucida(now that is one nasty "trivia" knowledge to remember).
Hopefully when I look back at this teaching session few weeks from now, I'll be more well-versed with everything.
Edit: We had a FACEBOOK discussion online at night about implantation in particular LOL what a convenient medium(though it really clogged up my fb inbox). It was pretty good. I was still unclear about the timing of implantation and all but my question was answered(it happens on the 5th/6th day after fertilisation).
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