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PREFERTILISATION WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 PLACENTA, AMNIOTIC FLUID  & UMBILICAL CORD WEEKS 3 - 8 EMBRYONIC WEEKS 9 - 38 FETAL
CIRCULATORY
NERVOUS
DIGESTIVE BODY CAVITIES URINARY HEAD & NECK EYEMUSCULAR EARENDOCRINE
LIMBS
INTEGUMENTARY SKELETAL
RESPIRATORY
REPRODUCTIVE
PREGNANCY TERATOLOGY BIRTH DEFECTS & ANTENATAL SCREENING


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OVERVIEW

(Bie Early Dvpt Phenomenology Contents) V1 JPG WebArchive
(Caratini Panorama Biologie Embryologie Sommaire) V1 JPG WebArchive
(Dudek HY 2013 Contents) V1 PDF
(Dudek BRS 2014 Contents) V1 PDF


GENERALITIES



Important genes of embryogenesis
Early embryonic/fetal development
Embryologic derivatives
Types of errors in morphogenesis
Teratogens
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Neonatal abstinence syndrome
PREFERTILISATION GAMETOGENESIS



(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF



LMP WEEK -2
PRE - EMBRYONIC WEEK 1 - 3


WEEK 1



(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF



Fertilisation
Day 0




From Zygote to Blastocyst
Day 0 - 5
Cleavage > Blastomeres


Morula
4

Inner = Embryoblast
Outer = Trophoblast > hCG
Blastocyst
5

Cavity = Blastocoele
hCG begins around
the time of
Implantation
5 6-10 13
Hatching out of its

Zona Pellucida
Blastocyst "sticks" at day six
WEEK 2



(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF


Embryoblast
> Epiblast > Amnioblats >
Amniotic Cavity

> Hypoblast >
Exocoelomic Membrane >
Primitive Yolk Sac

= Bilaminar Disc
= 2 Layers
+ 2 Cavities


Trophoblast
part of the Placenta

> Cyototrophoblast >
Primary Chorionic Villi
> Syncytiotrophoblast > hCG
= 2 Layers
ExtraEmbryonic Mesoderm
< Epiblast
Vacuoles >
Extraembryonic Coelom =
Chorionic Cavity

> Somatic > Chorionic Plate
( Lining the Cytotrophoblast
 & Amnion )
> Visceral = Splanchnic
(Covering Yolk Sac)

= 2 Layers
WEEK 3 - WEEKS 3–8 EMBRYONIC (ORGANOGENESIS)
Extremely susceptible to teratogens




(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF


Gastrulation
Day 14
Epiblast invaginate
> Primitive streak
> Endoderm
> Mesoderm
> Ectoderm
= Trilaminar Disc

Germ Layers
Day 15
Notochord <
Midline Mesoderm
Overlying Ectoderm >
Neural Plate

Ectoderm
CNS
PNS
Sensory epit. ear nose eye
Skin hair nails
Pituitary mammary sweat glands
& enamel of the teeth
Mesoderm
- Paraxial > Somitomeres > Somites >
Myotome + Sclerotome + Dermatome
All supporting tissues
- Intermediate
- Lateral plate

Vascular
Urogenital
Spleen
Cortex of the suprarenal glands
Endoderm
GIT
RT
Urinary bladder
Parenchyma thyroid, parathyroids, liver, & pancreas
Epithelial lining of the tympanic cavity
& auditory tube
WEEKS 9 - 38 FETAL (SYSTEMS)

(Sadler) V1 PDF


PLACENTA, AMNIOTIC FLUID & UMBILICAL CORD



(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF



CARDIOVASCULAR


(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF

Heart morphogenesis
Cardiac looping
Septation of the chambers
Atria
Patent foramen ovale
Ventricles
Ventricular septal defect
Outflow tract formation
Valve development
Aortic arch derivatives
Heart embryology
Fetal circulation
Fetal-postnatal derivatives
NERVOUS


(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF

Neural development
Notochord induces overlying ectoderm to differentiate into neuroectoderm and form neural plate.
Neural plate gives rise to neural tube and neural crest cells.
Notochord becomes nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disc in adults.
Regional specification of developing brain
Central and peripheral nervous systems origins
-Neuroepithelia in Neural Tube
-Neural Crest
-Mesoderm -> Microglia (like Macrophages)
Tongue development
Neural Tube = NT
Neuropepithelia -> CNS neurons, ependymal cells (inner lining of ventricles, make
CSF), oligodendrocytes, astrocytes

Pathology = NTDs (Lower & Upper)
Neural Crest Cells
-> PNS neurons, Schwann cells, glia, melanocytes, adrenal medulla
Pathology = NeuroCristoPathy = Maldevelopment of neural crest cells
-Medullary carcinoma of thyroid (MC)
-Schwannoma
-Neurofibromatosis  type 1 (NF1;  von  Reckling-hausen  disease)
-Waardenburg syndrome (WS)
-CHARGE association
-Hirschsprung disease
-Cleft palate and lip
-Digeorge syndrome
-Pheochromocytoma
-Neuroblastoma
Placodes
Vesicle Development of the NT
Histogenesis of the NT
Layers of the Early NT
Spinal Cord

MYelencephalon

MeTencephalon

MeSencephalon

DIencephalon, Optic Structures, and Hypophysis
Telencephalon
Sympathetic nervous system
Paraympathetic nervous system
Cranial Nerves
Choroid Plexus
Pathology
Congenital Malformations of the CNS
Neural tube defects = NTDs
-Spina  bifida  occulta
-Meningocele
-Myelomeningocele
-Myeloschisis
-Anencephaly
Holoprosencephaly
Lissencephaly
Posterior fossa malformations
-Chiari I malformation
-Chiari II malformation
-Dandy-Walker malformation
Syringomyelia
Variations of spina bifida
-occulta
-with  meningocele
-with  meningomyelocele
-with rachischisis
Variations of cranium bifida
-with meningocele
-with  meningoencephalocele
-with  meningohydroencephalocele

Anencephaly (meroanencephaly)

Arnold-Chiari malformation
Hydrocephalus
-Communicating (or nonobstructive)
-Noncommunicating  (or obstructive)
--Congenital aqueductal stenosis
--Dandy-Walker  syndrome
Porencephaly (encephaloclastic  porencephaly)
Hydranencephaly
Schizencephaly
Holoprosencephaly (arhinencephaly)
Tethered  spinal  cord (filum  terminale  syndrome)
Chordoma 
EAR


(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF

Minor auricular malformations
Low-set slanted auricles
Preauricular sinus
Auricular appendages
Atresia of the external auditory meatus
Congenital cholesteatoma epidermoid cyst
Microtia
Congenital deafness



EYE


(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF

Coloboma iridis
Congenital cataracts
Congenital glaucoma buphthalmos
Detached retina
Persistent iridopupillary membrane
Microphthalmia
Hereditary retinoblastoma
Anophthalmia
Cyclopia
Retinocele
Retrolental fibroplasia
Papilledema
Retinitis pigmentosa



DIGESTIVE
(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF
Normal gastrointestinal embryology
Primitive gut tube
Foregut Derivatives
ESOPHAGUS
Tracheoesophageal anomalies
Esophageal atresia
Esophageal stenosis
Esophageal duplication
Vascular compression of the esophagus
Achalasia
STOMACH
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
LIVER
GALLBLADDER & EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCTS
Developmental anomalies of the gall bladder
Developmental anomalies of the cystic duct
Biliary atresia
Intrahepatic gall bladder
Floating gall bladder

PANCREAS
Accessory pancreatic duct
Pancreas and spleen embryology Pancreas divisum Annular pancreas
Hyperplasia of pancreatic islets

UPPER DUODENUM
Midgut Derivatives
LOWER DUODENUM
JEJUNUM, ILEUM, CECUM, APPENDIX, ASCENDING COLON, AND THE PROXIMAL TWO-THIRDS OF THE TRANSVERSE, COLON
Ventral wall defects Omphalocele Gastroschisis Congenital umbilical hernia
Ileal diverticulum (Meckel’s diverticulum)
Nonrotation of the midgut loop
Malrotation of the midgut loop
Reversed rotation of the midgut loop
Intestinal atresia and stenosis Duodenal atresia Jejunal and ileal atresia
Duplication of the intestines
Intussusception
Retrocecal and retrocolic appendix
Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome

Hindgut Derivatives
DISTAL ONE-THIRD OF THE TRANSVERSE COLON, DESCENDING COLON, SIGMOID COLON
RECTUM AND UPPER ANAL CANAL
Colonic aganglionosis (Hirschsprung disease)
Rectovesical fistula
Rectourethral fistula
Rectovaginal fistula

Anal Canal
Imperforate anus
Anal agenesis
Anorectal agenesis
Rectal atresia

Mesenteries
RESPIRATORY
(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF
Upper
Lower
LARYNX
TRACHEA
Tracheoesophageal fistula
Esophageal atresia with a tracheoesophageal fistula at the distal one-third end of the trachea
Esophageal atresia only
H-type tracheoesophageal fistula only
Esophageal atresia with a tracheoesophageal fistula at both proximal and distal ends
Esophageal atresia with a tracheoesophageal fistula at the proximal end
BRONCHI
Bronchopulmonary segment
Congenital lobar emphysema
Congenital bronchogenic cysts
Bronchiectasis

LUNGS
Aeration at birth
Hyaline Membrane Disease
Pulmonary agenesis
Pulmonary aplasia
Pulmonary hypoplasia
Cystic fibrosis
HEAD & NECK
(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF
First arch syndrome
Pharyngeal fistula
Pharyngeal cyst
Ectopic thymus, parathyroid, or thyroid tissue
Thyroglossal duct cyst
Congenital hypothyroidism Cretinism
Cleft palate
Cleft lip
DiGeorge syndrome
Ankyloglossia

URINARY
(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF
Renal agenesis
Renal hypoplasia
Renal dysplasia
Renal ectopia
Renal fusion
Renal artery stenosis
UreteroPelvic Junction obstruction
Childhood polycystic kidney disease
Wilms tumor
Ureteropelvic duplications
Exstrophy of the bladder
Urachal fistula or cyst
Ectopic opening of the ureter
Ureterocele
Potter sequence
Horseshoe kidney
Congenital solitary functioning kidney
Unilateral renal agenesis
Multicystic dysplastic kidney
Duplex collecting system
Posterior urethral valves
Vesicoureteral reflux
REPRODUCTIVE
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE
(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF
Atresia of the vagina
Uterine anomalies
Hymen variations

MALE REPRODUCTIVE
(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF
Male anomalies
Other anomalies of the reproductive system

INTEGUMENTARY
SKELETAL
MUSCULAR
LIMBS
UPPER LIMB
LOWER LIMB
ENDOCRINE
Thyroid development
BODY CAVITIES
(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Esophageal hiatal hernia
PREGNANCY
(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF
TERATOLOGY
(Dudek HY 2013) V1 PDF
ANTENATAL SCREENING
REFERENCES


DIDACTIC

Bie. Embryology Early Development from a Phenomenological point of view. 1e. 2001. [ Download ]
Bie. Highlights of a Phenomenological Embryology. 2005. [ Download ] [ Approche Phénoménologique : Télécharger ] [ embryo.nl ]
Van der Wal.
https://apppahjournal.birthpsychology.com/wp-content/uploads/journal/published_paper/volume-27/issue-3/rSoFrh8m.pdf
Webster. Embryology at a Glance. 2e. 2016. [ 128 pages ]
Dudek. HY Embryology. 5e. 2013. [ 176 pages ]
Dudek. BRS Embryology. 6e. 2014. [ 336 pages ] [ Download ]
Torchia. Moore. The Developing Human : Clinically Oriented Embryology. 12e. 2024. [ 522 pages ]
Singh. Text Book of Clinical Embryology. 2e. 2017. 1e. 2012. [ 382 pages ] [ Download ]

Sadler. Langman's Medical Embryology. 14e. 2018.
Drews. Color Atlas of Embryology. 2e. 2008.
Moore. Rapid Review Gross & Developmental Anatomy [ Download ]

Caratini. Collection. Médecine. Embryologie. 1985. [ V1 PDF ]
Caratini. Encyclopédie. Médecine. Embryologie.
Caratini. Panorama.des Sciences. Biologie. Reproduction & Embryologie.
Hennebicq. Biologie du développement et de la Reproduction. PACES. 2015.

TOPICS

OVERVIEW
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryology

BOOKS
https://www.quora.com/Can-you-suggest-me-a-good-book-on-embryology

UNSORTED


https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Timeline_human_development
https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Human_development_timeline_graph_01.jpg
https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Embryonic_Development

https://www.youtube.com/@minass

Loughlin. Human Embryology Animations.
http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/embryo_main/index.html


http://www.chups.jussieu.fr/en-ligne/choix.php?dispg=biodev

Medimaps
http://medimaps.co.uk/embryology/
https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/swansea-university-college/id160483850?mt=2

Blechschmidt.
http://www.amazon.com/Ontogenetic-Basis-Human-Anatomy-Development

https://www.3dembryoatlas.com/blank
http://materiais.dbio.uevora.pt/BD/Intro/Atlas.pdf
https://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/attachmentfile/video/977/handouts1.pdf
https://cdn.intechweb.org/pdfs/30623.pdf
http://gynecology.sbmu.ac.ir/uploads/4_115153222871559680.pdf   Netter
https://ru.b-ok2.org/book/2582898/c22702?dsource=recommend

http://files.academyofosteopathy.org/convo/2017/Presentations/Kanze_UtilizingEmbryology.pdf

MORE REFERENCES


PREFERTILISATION SPERMATOGENESIS
Puberty - Death
OOGENESIS
WEEK 12 - Menopause

WITHIN WEEK 1

FERTILISATION
DAY 0

Fertilized oocyte
ZYGOTE
Pronuclei

Morula
BLASTOCYST
Days 2 - 3

Loss of Zona Pellucida
Free
Days 4 - 5
Attaching
5 - 6 "Six
Sticks"
hCG secretion begins
around the time of

IMPLANTATION
7 - 12

PLACENTA
Day 7 - WEEK 12
WITHIN WEEK 2
BIlaminar disc
Embryoblast = Epiblast + Hypoblast
EMBRYOBLAST
+ TROPHOBLAST


EXTRAEMBRYONIC
MESODERM


Primitive streak
Gastrulation

13 - 15
WITHIN WEEK 3
GASTRULATION
forms TRIlaminar disc
Cells from Epiblast invaginate
-> Primitive Streak

-> Endoderm, Mesoderm, Ectoderm
Notochordal process
15 - 17
Notochord arises
from midline mesoderm
overlying ectoderm
becomes neural plate
GERM LAYERS
= Trilaminar
15
WEEKS 3 - 8
EMBRYONIC
PERIOD

Organogenesis

Neural tube formed by neuroectoderm
& closes BY WEEK 4
Extremely susceptible to teratogens
WEEKS 9 - 38
FETAL PERIOD
Systems Development
WEEK 4
Heart begins
to beat
Upper & lower
limb buds
begin to form
CIRCULATORY
HEART TUBE
16 - 28
First functional
organ
vertebrate

FOLDING
17 - 30
NERVOUS
NEURULATION
18 - 28

SEGMENTATION
18 - 35
BLOOD VESSELS
18 - BIRTH
Primitive pit
Notochordal canal

17 - 19
SOMITE Number 1 - 3
Neural folds
Cardiac primordium
Head fold
19 - 21
DIGESTIVE
21 - 50
BODY CAVITIES
21 - WEEK 8
URINARY
21 - Birth
HEAD & NECK
ARCH I - II
21 Onwards
ARCH III - IV - VI
28 Onwards
SOMITE Number 4 - 12
Neural fold fuses

22 - 23
EYE
WEEKS 3 - 10
MIGRATION NEURAL
CREST CELLS

22 -
MUSCULAR
22 - WEEK 9
EAR
22 - BIRTH

CENTRAL NERVOUS
22 - POSTNATAL
SOMITE Number 13 - 20
 


CRANIAL =
ROSTRAL
NEUROPORE CLOSES
23 - 26
ENDOCRINE
21 - BIRTH

SOMITE Number 21 - 29
CAUDAL
NEUROPORE CLOSES
26 - 30

4 LIMBS BUDS
WEEK 4 - ADULT


HEART TUBE DIVIDES
INTO 4 CHAMBERS
27 - 37
Beats spontaneously
BY WEEK 4

WEEK 5 INTEGUMENTARY
Periderm
or epitrichium
SKELETAL
27 - Birth

PERIPHERAL
NERVOUS

27 - Birth
MUSCULOSKELETAL
RESPIRATORY
28 - CHILDHOOD
Somite Number 30
Leg buds
Lens PLACODE
Pharyngeal arches
28 - 32
WEEK 6
CARDIAC ACTIVITY visible by
transvaginal ultrasound


Lens pit
Optic cup
31 - 35


Lens vesicle
Nasal pit
Hand plate
35 - 38
Nasal pits moved ventrally
Auricular hillocks
Foot plate
37 - 42
ATRIAL SEPTA

WEEK 7

Finger rays
42 - 44
OSSIFICATION commences
44 - 48
WEEK 8
Fetal MOVEMENTS start
"Eight Gait"

Straightening of trunk
48 - 51

Upper limbs longer & bent at elbow
51 - 53
WEEK 10
"Ten Genitalia"
Have male/female characteristics

Eyelids
External ears
54 - 56
Rounded head
Body & limbs
56 - 60
REPRODUCTIVE
DUCTS & GENITALIA
35 - Postnatal

GONADS
30 -
Postnatal
BY WEEK 20
CAN HEAR
EXTERNAL SOUNDS

BIRTH DEFECTS & ANTENATAL SCREENING

Stage
Days
Size
Events & Characteristic signs
1
1
(week 1)
0.1 - 0.15
Fertilized oocyte
Polar bodies
Male and female Pronucleus
Formation of the Zygote
2


Separation of the blastomeres
Formation of the blastomeres (totipotent to ca. the 12-cell stage)
Morula stage
Compaction (8 to 16 cells)
The polarization of the blastomeres becomes slowly visible.
3


After the blastocyst cavity has formed, one speaks of a blastocyst (16 to 32 cells)
Segmentation (inner and outer cell mass)
Embryonic and abembryonic pole
Free blastocyst
Hatching of the blastocyst through disintegration of the zona pellucida
Epiblast and hypoblast are formed and thereby the didermic embryonic disk.
4


Syncytiotrophoblast
Cytotrophoblast
Anchoring of the blastocyst on the endometrium and interaction between the embryo and maternal tissue.
Implantation of the blastocyst in the mucosa of the uterus
5
7 - 12
(week 2)

Development of the bilaminar germ disk
Genesis of the amniotic cavity and the primary yolk sac (= primary umbilical vesicle)
Invasion of the trophoblasts into the uterine mucosa
Solid trophoblast
Formation of the trophoblast lacunae and complete penetration of the embryo into the endometrium
Lacunar trophoblast
Definitive amniotic cavity
Primary umbilical vesicle (= primary yolk sac)
6


Extraembryonic mesoderm
Primitive streak, Primitive node Primitive groove
Gastrulation
Secundary umbilical vesicle
Allantoic diverticulum
Cloacal membrane
Primordial vessels in the embryonic body stalk
Primordial germ cells
Body stalk
7
15 - 17
(week 3)

Gastrulation
Notochordal process

Mesoblast immigration
Chordal process
Neural plate
Genesis of the blood vessel system and formation of blood
8


Primitive pit
Notochordal canal

Pear shaped embryo
Axial process
Neurenteric canal
Neural groove forming
9


Somitogenesis
Embryo with somites (1-3 somites) 1 - 3 neural folds
Pharyngeal membrane
Neural groove
Caudal eminence
Intraembryonic coelom
Cardiac primordium, septum transversum
Placode and auditory pit
Head fold
10
22 - 23
(week 4)

Lateral folding
Closure of the neural groove into a neural tube
The 2 first pharyngeal arches appear
Ophthalmic vesicle
Rupture of the pharyngeal membrane
4 - 12 somites
neural fold fuses
11


Closure of the rostral neuropore
Nasal placode
Ophthalmic vesicle
Auditory pit
13 – 20 somites
12


Closure of the caudal neuropore
Third pharyngeal arch
Buds of the upper extremities
Cervical sinus
21–29 somites
13
28 - 32
(week 5)

Buds of the lower extremities
Lens placode
Auditory pit
Fourth pharyngeal arch
More than 30 somites
leg buds
14


Lens pit
Optic cup

Opthalmic vesicle
Genesis of the endolymphatic canal
Augmented
cephalo-cervical flexure
Cerebellar primordium
Visible ocular primordium
Sixth pharyngeal arch
15


Nasal pit
Lens vesicle covered with the ectoderm
Auditory primordium
Genesis of the hand plate
16
37 - 42
(week 6)

Nasal pits moved ventrally, auricular hillocks, foot plate
Deep, ventrally lying nasal pit
Pigmentation of the eye
Genesis of the foot plate
Physiologic umbilical hernia
Nasolacrimal groove
17


External acoustic meatus
The circumference of the head increases
The trunk lengthens
Fusion of the 6 auricular hillocks
Atrophy of the embryonic tail
Formation of the interdigital zones
Finger rays
18
44 - 48
(week 7)

Ossification commences
Toe primordium
Nasal primordium
The elbow joint forms
Gonadal gender can be determined in male embryos
19


Straightening of trunk
Lengthening and straightening of the torso
Appearance of the external acoustic meatus
Genesis of the hip and knee joints
Atrophied embryonic tail
Rupture of the cloacal membrane
Maxilla and mandibula
20
51 - 53
(week 8)

Upper limbs longer and bent at elbow
Arms in pronation
Separated fingers
Gonadal gender determinable in female embryos
21


Subcutaneous vessel network of the head spreads out
Hands and feet come closer and touch each other
Hands and feet turned inward
22


Development of the eyelids and the external ear canal
Tragus and antitragus
Nasal septum
Secondary palate
23
56 - 60
27 - 31 Rounded head
Body and limbs

Angle between the head and trunk amounts to 30°
The head makes 50% of the embryo's size
The head is rounded, the extremities lengthened and stand out from the body
Chin
Nasal pit
Development of the external genital primordium










Dr. Jaap van der Wal - Interview/ Entrevista. Embryo in Motion/ Embrión en Movimiento (English - subtítulos español) from in1tero on Vimeo.

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