2010 Foundations Lecture - 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. This lecture is going to take you briefly through key concepts in human development, these will later be explored in more detail through the BGD course. The lecture will be followed by a practical class introducing online resources for independent study and working through similar embryology concepts.
Aims
- Purpose of learning embryology
- Basic facts about early human development
- Appreciate differences between the conceptus, embryo and fetus
- General understanding of the term “critical periods” of development
Concepts: Fertilization, Early conceptus, Germ layers, Embryo, Tissue origins, Timetable/stages of development, Fetus, Placenta
Background Lectures: Cell Structure (structure and function), Cell Division (mitosis, meiosis, lifespan, cell death), 4 Basic Tissues (Epithelial, Connective, Muscular, Nervous)
2009 Lecture: http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Medicine/FlectureEmbryo.htm
Animated overview
| <Flowplayer height="400" width="360" autoplay="true">Human development 001.flv</Flowplayer> | This animation begins at the two cell (blastomere) stage following fertilization and takes you through an overview of the entire 9 months of human development in just over a minute!
(More? Movie - Human Development annotated cartoon)
See how many aspects of development that you can identify as the animation plays. Remember to use the control bar features if it plays too fast. |
