This page contains movies and animations to illustrate various aspects of gastrointestinal tract development.
There are 2 ways to watch each movie. Either click the image or text link to open a new page with both the movie and a more detailed text description of features that can be seen. Or click the link below the images and text labelled Quicktime with the movie name and (file size) which will open only the movie in a new window.
Page Links: Introduction | Gastrointestinal Tract Rotation | Human Embryology Movies | 3D Model Movies | Adult Stomach Position | Glossary
Movie of Gastrointestinal Tract Rotation. A simplified illustration of showing gastrointestinal tract rotation to achieve its final anotomical location and relationships.
Quicktime: gitrot.mov (26 Kb)
Endoderm (164 Kb) Features: gastrointestinal tract, yolk stalk, yolk sac, allantois
Endoderm large version(270 Kb) Features: gastrointestinal tract, yolk stalk, yolk sac, allantois
Formation of Definitive Gut (315 Kb)
Stomach Rotation (326 Kb)
Stomach Rotation large version (620 Kb)
Lesser Sac superior view (104 Kb)
Lesser Sac ventrolateral view (408 Kb)
Hindgut (364 Kb)
Cloaca (276 Kb)
The following are links to 3D reconstruction animations of serial images of the gastrointestinal tract at an early and late embryonic stage. (More? 3D Model Movies)
Stage 13/14 Embryo: Gastrointestinal Tract
Stage 22 Embryo: Gastrointestinal Tract
Movie of anatomical position of the erect adult stomach position on filling, based upon historic drawings.
Quicktime: adult_stomach_position.mov (36 Kb)
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UNSW Embryology has many movies to show some of the dynamic changes that occur during embryonic development. These have been grouped together on separate pages (listed in righthand menu) that can be also be opened from a pull down menu on each page.
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