ANATOMY / THE VISUAL PRACTICAL ATLASEmbryology
Embryology
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Early development, germ layers, folding and placenta.
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Germ layers & body plan
Primitive streak and gastrulation
Gastrulation establishes definitive ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm and key body axes.
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Germ layers & body plan
Notochord
Provides axial signalling and contributes to organisation of the developing neural and skeletal axes.
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Germ layers & body plan
Embryonic body folding
Transforms the relatively flat disc into a three-dimensional body with ventral closure and gut-tube formation.
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