2010 Foundations Practical - Introduction to Human Development

Introduction

Human development is one of the most exciting topics to study not only as a medical student, but also for our fundamental understanding of the human body. It is important at this stage of your studies to have a broad understanding of the timing of events in human development, so that you can understand normal development, organ development and when things go wrong (abnormal development).

This is sometimes not an easy topic to study with many very specific terms, dynamic processes and transient structures. For new terms or concepts that you don't understand use the Glossary link or Search UNSW Embryology window.

Keep coming back to embryology (and this site) as you progress through your studies and it will eventually make more sense!

Objectives

1. General understanding of the early events of human development.
2. Understand the key divisions, events and timecourse of human development.
3. Understand the concept of mixed embryonic origins of different tissues and organs.
4. General understanding of the term “critical periods” of development.

Lets Start........

Foundations Practical: Introduction | Week 1 and 2 | Week 3 and 4 | Week 1 to 8 | Week 9 to 36 | Neonatal | Critical Periods | Additional Resources | Quiz

Glossary: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Numbers

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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, June 15) Embryology 2010 Foundations Practical - Introduction to Human Development. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/2010_Foundations_Practical_-_Introduction_to_Human_Development

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