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  1. morulation

    A morula (Latin, morus: mulberry) is an early-stage embryo consisting of a solid ball of cells called blastomeres, contained in mammals, and other animals within the zona pellucida shell. The blastomeres are the daughter cells of the zygote, and when the blastomeres number from 16–32 the ball of cells is called a morula. At the 8-cell stage the blastomeres are round and only loosely adhered. With further division they begin to become flattened, and develop an inside-out polarity that optimises the cell to cell contact.In the human embryo by day four after fertilisation, the morula at about the 32–cell stage begins to take in fluid. The fluid comes about from sodium-potassium pumps (on trophoblasts) that pump sodium into the morula, drawing in water from the maternal environment to become blastocoelic fluid. Hydrostatic pressure of the fluid creates a large cavity in the morula called a blastocoel or blastocyst cavity. Embryoblast cells also known as the inner cell mass form a compact mass of cells at the embryonic pole on one side of the cavity. The trophoblast is organized into a thin sheet of tightly adhered epithelial cells. The embryo is now termed a blastocyst.

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  1. Morulationnoun

    the process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by which a morula is formed

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of morulation in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of morulation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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