Morula

Japanese: morula
Morula

…The egg, fertilized by the first sperm, secretes a certain substance from its surface and either encases itself in a special membrane (fertilization membrane) or modifies the existing membrane to prevent the intrusion of additional sperm and to ensure safety from bacterial invasion and physical obstacles. The fertilized egg, a giant cell surrounded by the fertilization membrane, soon undergoes rapid division and reduces in size (cleavage, Figure 2-a, Figure 2-b, Figure 2-c, Figure 2-d), passing through a stage called a morula based on its external appearance, and then developing into a blastula, which is made up of several hundred cells of nearly normal size. A cavity called the cleavage cavity is formed in the center of the cell mass produced during this process, and the cells are distributed around this cavity in one or several layers. …

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Japanese:

…最初の1匹の精子によって受精した卵は,その表面からある種の物質を分泌して,みずからを特殊な膜(受精膜)で包むか,すでに備わっている膜を変成させるなどして,余分な精子が侵入できないようにするとともに,細菌の侵入や物理的な障害などからの安全をも確保する。 受精膜に包まれた巨大細胞である受精卵は,まもなくやつぎばやに分裂をくり返して細胞の大きさを減じ(卵割,図2‐a,図2‐b,図2‐c,図2‐d),その外形から桑実胚morulaとよばれる時期を経て,数百個の正常に近い大きさの細胞からなる胞胚blastulaに至る。この過程で生じた細胞塊の中心には卵割腔とよばれる腔所が形成され,細胞はこの腔所の周辺に1層から数層をなして分布する。…

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