Foundations of Embryology

Embryology - its scope, history and special fields; reproductive organs and the sexual cycle; gametogenesis; fertilization; cleavage and formation of the blastula; gastrulation and the establishing of the germ layers; neurulation and early formation of axial structures; extraembryonic membranes and placenta; basic body plan of young mammalian embryos; cellular differentiation and the development of muscular and skeletal tissues; the skin and its derivatives; limb development; development of the nervous system; the neural crest; the sense organs; development of the head and neck; the digestive and respiratory systems and the body cavities; the development of the urogenital system; the development of the circulatory system.