Book - Manual of Human Embryology 16-3

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Keibel F. The Development of the Sense Organs. (1912) chapter 16, vol. 2, in Keibel F. and Mall FP. Manual of Human Embryology II. (1912) J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.

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This 1912 chapter by Keibel describes sensory development within the human (and other) embryos. Note that Keibel was the two volume textbook co-editor and also the editor of the series Normal Plates of the Development of Vertebrates.

Links below are to the modern sensory notes, that also include links to other historic sensory development articles.

Categories: Hearing | Outer Ear | Middle Ear | Inner Ear | Balance

Historic Embryology - Hearing
Historic Embryology: 1880 Platypus cochlea \| 1892 Vertebrate Ear \| 1902 Development of Hearing \| 1906 Membranous Labyrinth \| 1910 Auditory Nerve \| 1913 Tectorial Membrane \| 1918 Human Embryo Otic Capsule \| 1918 Cochlea \| 1918 Grays Anatomy \| 1922 Human Auricle \| 1922 Otic Primordia \| 1931 Internal Ear Scalae \| 1932 Otic Capsule 1 \| 1933 Otic Capsule 2 \| 1936 Otic Capsule 3 \| 1933 Endolymphatic Sac \| 1934 Otic Vesicle \| 1934 Membranous Labyrinth \| 1934 External Ear \| 1938 Stapes - 7 to 21 weeks \| 1938 Stapes - Term to Adult \| 1940 Stapes \| 1942 Stapes - Embryo 6.7 to 50 mm \| 1943 Stapes - Fetus 75 to 150 mm \| 1946 Aquaductus cochleae and periotic (perilymphatic) duct \| 1946 aquaeductus cochleae \| 1948 Fissula ante fenestram \| 1948 Stapes - Fetus 160 mm to term \| 1959 Auditory Ossicles \| 1963 Human Otocyst \| Historic Disclaimer

Historic Embryology - Vision
Historic Embryology: 1906 Eye Embryology \| 1907 Development Atlas \| 1912 Eye Development \| 1912 Nasolacrimal Duct \| 1917 Extraocular Muscle \| 1918 Grays Anatomy \| 1921 Eye Development \| 1922 Optic Primordia \| 1925 Eyeball and optic nerve \| 1925 Iris \| 1927 Oculomotor \| 1928 Human Retina \| 1928 Retina \| 1928 Hyaloid Canal \| Historic Disclaimer

Historic Embryology - Smell
Historic Embryology: 1902 Olfactory Structures \| 1910 cavum nasi \| 1940 Olfactory and Accessory Olfactory Formations \| 1941 Olfactory nerve \| 1944 Jacobson’s organ \| 1980 Staged embryos

Taste Links: Introduction | Student project | Tongue Development | Category:Taste

Historic Taste
Historic Embryology: 1888 human infant papilla foliata \| 1889 man taste-organs \| Paper - Further observations on the development of the taste-organs of man\|1889 further man taste-organs]]

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