Systemic Embryology (Organogenesis)

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. describe gametogenesis and compare the process in male and female; 2. appraise the hormonal, ovarian and endometrial cycles and how they are interconnected; 3. list the preconditions, phases and consequences of fertilization; 4. describe cleavage and implantation; 5. explain the second week of development as the week of twos, cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast, epiblast and hypoblast, somatopleura and splanchnopleure, amniotic and yolk sac cavities; 6. discuss the establishment of body axes and fate maps during the gastrulation period (third week) and the role of genes in such process and illustrate the further development of the trophoblast during the third week of development; 7. discuss the derivatives of the three germ layers and how they develop during the embryonic period (third to eighth week); and 8. describe the development of placenta and fetal membranes.

Development of cardiovascular system, integumentary system, respiratory system, digestive system, urogenital system, nervous system. Developmental anomalies and their clinical syndromes.