Embryo: Folding, Coeloms & Respiratory (textbook)

• Explain spermatogenesis and oogenesis.

• Explain the ovarian cycle and uterine cycle.

• Compare the hormonal regulation of the ovarian and uterine cycles.

• Describe the transport and viability of germ cells.

• Explain the process and results of fertilization.

• Explain the changes that characterize the first week of development.

• Describe the formation of the bilaminar embryonic disc.

• Describe the formation of the trilaminar embryonic disc.

• Describe the development of the fourth to eight weeks.

• Identify the derivatives of the three germ layers.

• Describe the significant events in the establishment of general body form.

• Explain neurulation.

• Explain the formation of the spinal cord including the differentiation of the neuroepithelium.

• Identify the derivatives of neural crest cells.

• Explain the embryological basis for the most common congenital anomalies in the spinal cord.

• Describe the formation of the brain, forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain.

• Describe the brain flexures.

• Explain the embryological basis for the most common congenital anomalies of the brain.

• Explain the embryological formation of: spina bifida occulta, spina bifida with meningocele, spina bifida with meningomyocele and spina bifida with myelochisis.

Langman's Medical Embryology.

• Chapter 7, The Gut Tube & the Body Cavities

• Chapter 14, Respiratory System

• Chapter 7, The Gut Tube & the Body Cavities

• Chapter 14, Respiratory System