ANAT2341 Lab 2

PRACTICAL CLASS PROGRAM:

• Weekly Quiz + revision (15 minutes) • Practical class activities (45 minutes) • Guest Lecture by Professor Robert Gilchrist (45 minutes) • Practical Class Revision (15 minutes)

PRACTICAL CLASS ACTIVITIES (45 minutes):

1. Virtual human embryo dissections and histology 2. Guest Lecture by Professor Robert Gilchrist 3. Embryo models and specimens of human developmental abnormalities (optional)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Understanding of reproductive technologies • Understanding of events during early ectoderm and mesoderm development • Understanding of the process of neurulation and neural crest formation • Understanding of the adult components derived from ectoderm and mesoderm • Understanding the process of body cavity formation • Brief understanding of early heart formation • Brief understanding of abnormalities associated with early ectoderm and mesoderm development