Sensory System Development
Introduction
This current page is a "landing page" for your study of sensory development (hearing and balance, sight, smell, taste) through the development of the specialized sense organs (ear, eye, nose and tongue).
Portions of the eye, nose and ear appear very early in development as specialized surface regions (placodes) on the embryo, these regions must be connected to the central nervous system by neural pathways that originate as extensions of the central nervous system.
This section of notes will not specifically cover the central nervous system component of these sensory systems, nor the sensory components of the skin (More? Neural System Development | Integumentary System Development | Neural Crest Development).
- Use the specific sensory start page links listed below to explore each system development.
All Sensory System Pages
Vision Links: vision | lens | retina | placode | extraocular muscle | cornea | eyelid | lacrima gland | vision abnormalities | Student project 1 | Student project 2 | Category:Vision | sensory | ||
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Smell Links: Introduction | placode | Rhinencephalon | head | respiratory | Student project | taste | sensory | Category:Smell | ||
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Taste Links: Introduction | Student project | Tongue Development | Category:Taste | ||
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Textbooks
- Human Embryology (2nd ed.) Larson Chapter 12: p375-409
- The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology (6th ed.) Moore and Persaud Chapter 19: p491-511
- Essentials of Human Embryology Larson Chapter12: p252-272
- Before We Are Born (5th ed.) Moore and Persaud Chapter 20: p460-479
Search PubMed
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- Sensory System Development - All (4482) Review (1058) Free Full Text (1120)
Search Pubmed: Sensory System Development
System Links: Introduction | Cardiovascular | Coelomic Cavity | Endocrine | Gastrointestinal Tract | Genital | Head | Immune | Integumentary | Musculoskeletal | Neural | Neural Crest | Placenta | Renal | Respiratory | Sensory | Birth |
Glossary Links
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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, May 21) Embryology Sensory System Development. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Sensory_System_Development
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