This page links you to resources covering the different systems of the body. Click on either the image or link to open the specific topic, each section has additional content pages then listed in the lefthand menu under internal links.
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Neural development - is one of the earliest to begin and the last to be complete, generating the most complex structure within the embryo. |
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Musculoskeletal - consists of skeletal muscle, bone, and cartilage and is mainly mesoderm in origin with some neural crest contribution. |
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Gastrointestinal Tract- extends through the embryo arises from the endoderm of the trilaminar embryo. In addition to the tube, it has many different associated organs. |
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Head and Neck - The head and neck structures are derived from pharyngeal arches 1 and 2. |
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Coelomic cavity- a single cavity within the developing embryo that will form the 3 major body cavities: pericardial, pleural, peritoneal. |
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Respiratory - begins developing quite early, and does not carry out its physiological function (of gas exchange) until after birth. |
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Neural Crest- are paired strips of cells arising at the margins of the neural tube. These cells migrate to many different locations and form many cell types. |
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Eye, Ear, Nose - the senses sight, smell, hearing and balance occur through the development of these specialized sense organs. |
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Urogenital - The kidneys filter and excrete waste body fluids. Genital - the gonads are involved in developing secondary sex characteristics and generation of sex cells (gametes) for reproduction. | |
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Endocrine- develops as separate organs throughout the embryo and are derived from epithelia. Their role is in regulating metabolic actions throughout the body by the release of hormones. |
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Integumentary- covers the surface of the embryo (skin) and its specialized skin structures. |
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Movies - show research, ultrasound, other embryos, and animations.
For those wanting to see dynamic processes of development (and have a reasonably quick connection) then the Movies pages are good for watching changes occur.
The study of human development has relied extensively on studying the process in other model animals. For those wanting to see the process of development in other species then the other embryos pages are a good start.
The glossary is an alphabetical list containing brief descriptions of terms and acronyms. There are also links to pages with more information related to the term. |
The entire UNSW Embryology website can also be searched using the window below and located on each page. |
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Systemic Development is an attempt to group the development of specific body systems together.
This page has been updated to link to both the original and new system development notes.
From about 4 weeks of human development, specific systems begin to differentiate in a coordinated manner. These systems may have contributions from all the early layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm) described in Early Development (Dev Notes 1 and 2).
Each of the Systemic Development sections is given a general introduction and examined in detail (serial section images) at Carnegie stage 13 and stage 22 (as an example of early and late embryonic development). There are also later sections from 10 week embryo showing early fetal development. In addition, there is a grouping of abnormalities which may affect development another of molecular mechanisms of regulating differentiation.
In some cases, such as neurological development it has been further divided into general neural, neural crest and senses.
Other topics, such as musculoskeletal, have specific sections covering development of the limbs and skeleton.
A suggested follow up after studying systemic development would be to look at Abnormal Development or Postnatal Development.
Please email Dr Mark Hill if you wish to make a comment about this current project.
