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General

Embryology Lecture I

Sanjaya Adikari
Department of Anatomy
Our life begins as one cell formed by the

union of the maternal and paternal germ

cells

Haploid Haploid
(23) (23)

Diploid Diploid
(46/23 pairs) (46/23
pairs)
Diploid
Human chromosomes
Homologous pair
Mitosis
Meiosi
s
Gametogenesis

Female
Oogenesis
Ovary Ovum/oocyte
(primodial
germ cells)

Male
Spermatogenesis Spermiogenesis
Testis Spermatid Sperm
(spermatogonia)
Ovarian cycle

Uterine cycle

Hormonal cycle

Development of the fetus

Development of the placenta


Ovarian cycle
Fertilization
Zygote
LH

FSH

0 14 28

hCG
FSH & LH

Fetus

Oestrogen Uterus
Progesteron
Dating of pregnancy & the age of
fetus

/POA
General
Embryology Lecture II

Sanjaya Adikari
Department of Anatomy
Early development of embryo
Cleavage
Blastocyst

Day 05 After 1 wk
Inner cell mass
(embryoblast) Amniotic cavity
embryonic plate

Outer cell mass


(trophoblast) Blastocyst cavity
Bilaminar disc (2 weeks)
Amniotic cavity

Epiblast

Hypoblast

Syncytiotrophoblast
Blastocyst cavity

Cytotrophoblast
embryonic pole

exocoelomic cavity
(primitive yolk sac)
abembryonic pole
exocoelomic membrane
Bilaminar disc….cont.

/Epiblast

/Hypoblast
Extra-embryonic mesoderm
Amniotic cavity

Connecting stalk

Secondary yolk sac

Extra-embryonic coelom
(chorionic cavity)
Gastrulation
Trilaminar disc (3 weeks)

Ectoderm

Intra-embryonic
mesoderm

Endoderm
Notochord
Neural tube & neural crest cells

Neural crest cells

Neural tube

Starts in the 3rd week


Neural crest
This is the earliest
system to start
Neural fold developing
Notochord
Folding of the embryo
Paraxial mesoderm

Intermediate mesoderm

Ventral mesentary
Derivatives of germ layers
Ectoderm
CNS including neural crest cells
Peripheral nervous system
Sensory epithelium of ear, eye and nose
Skin (epidermis) and its appendages (hair, nails, sebaceous
glands and sweat glands)
Secretory component and ducts of mammary gland
Pituitary gland
Secretory acini and ducts of parotid salivary gland
Enamal of teeth
Lens of the eye
ndoderm
ning epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract
ecretory acini and ducts of submandibular and sublingual salivary glands
veolar parenchyma and the lining epithelium of the respiratory tract
ver parenchyma
pithelium of the gall bladder
xocrine pancreas
pithelium of the urinary bladder and urethra
arenchyma of the thyroid and parathyroid glands
pithelial lining of the tympanic cavity and auditory tube
pithelium of the palatine tonsil
assel’s corpuscles of thymus
Mesoderm

Paraxial mesoderm
Sclerotome
Myotome
Dermatome

Intermediate mesoderm

Lateral plate mesoderm

Somatic mesoderm
Splanchnic mesoderm

Branchial mesoderm
Somites
Limb bud
Twins

identical
Totipotent Pluripotent Unipotent
15 fail to get fertilized

100 15 fail to get implanted

70 get implanted

70
42 survive by the time of first
missed menstruation

Number of cases get


Ovuma/oocytes aborted in coming weeks
General
Embryology Lecture III

Sanjaya Adikari
Department of Anatomy
Placenta and the umbilical
cord
Syncytiotrophoblast
Blastocyst cavity

Cytotrophoblast
Primary villus

Secondary villus

Tertiary villus
Placental
barrier

2 1
Cotyledon (15-20)

Chorionic villi

Lacunar/intervillous spaces
Decidual plate

Chorionic plate
Macroscopic appearance of placenta
Placenta – fetal surface
Placenta – maternal surface
Umbilical cord

umbilical arteries umbilical vein

Wharton’s jelly
References

• Medical embryology by Jan Langman

• Human embryology and developmental

biology by Bruce M. Carlson

• Human embryology by Malkanthi S.

Chandrasekera

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