Sunday, October 18, 2009

One great big start...


Nice video!!

You're a single sperm with the impossible task of fertilising the egg, it's your journey against 250 million competitors, will you be the one?

With the use animation (special effects) the video chronicled the journey of a mass of male gametes towards the lone egg in the depths of fallopian tubes, but there was a twist: the sperm that had accepted inside the egg is carrying a bunch of flowers (as if courting a girl).

Now, imagine this: the sperm storming and racing the mountain pass that is the vaginal canal, doing pitch battle against the numerous obstacles and defense forces guarding the female reproductive system, and navigating a course that seemingly works counter to the mission of the invaders towards a single, monumental, life-creating goal.

Psychologically speaking...

The Germinal Stage

The germinal stage begins with conception, when the sperm and egg cell unite in one of the two fallopian tubes. The fertilized egg, known as a zygote, then moves toward the uterus, a journey that can take up to a week to complete. Cell division begins approximately 24 to 36 hours after conception. Cell division continues at a rapid rate and the cells then develop into what is known as a blastocyst. The blastocyst is made up of three laters: the ectoderm (which will become the skin and nervous system), the endoderm (which will become the digestive and respiratory systems), and the mesoderm (which will become the muscle and skeletal systems).Finally, the blastocyst arrives at the uterus and attached to the uterine wall, a process known as implantation.

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