Human Embryology and Teratology
Teaching text 16: Development of the limbs
- 1. Fertilization and pre-implantation phase
- 2. Implantation and primitive streak
- 3. The trilaminar embryonic disc
- 4. Development of the body form
- 5. Intra- and extra-embryonic cavities
- 6. Lung and pleural cavities
- 7. Blood vessels and circulation
- 8. Development of the heart
- 9. Digestive system
- 10. Urinary system
- 11. Genital system
- 12. Nervous System
- 13. Sense organs
- 14. Face
- 15. Axial Skeleton
- 16. Development of the limbs
- 17. Skin and musculature
- 18. Formation of the placenta
- 19. Cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis
- 20. Teratology, diagnosis, therapy
Development of the limbs
- 1. Limb buds
- 2. Progress zone, axes
- 3. External form
- 4. Hand plate, fingers
- 5. Development of the leg
- 6. Comparison of arm and leg
- 7. Development of joints
- 8. Endochondral ossification
- 9. Diaphyses, epiphyses
- 10. Myotomes
- 11. Innervation
- 12. Dermatomes
- 13. Arteries
- 14. Veins
- 15. Malformations and anomalies