Good visual embryology resources?

[nope80]

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Anyone know of online videos or programs that allow one to actually visualize all of the various embryologic processes? I get so lost in all of the names of the various cell groups and what they develop into and how they move....😕 Any recommendations?

 

[shreypete]

Hey there, you might want to check out this site:

http://simbryo.stanford.edu/

I used it for studying embryology and it really helped (it's animated) and if you get a copy of Langman's embryology, the same program comes on a CD and the book is really good and simplified (you can finish it very quickly)....good luck!!!

 

[OncoCaP]

Anyone know of online videos or programs that allow one to actually visualize all of the various embryologic processes? I get so lost in all of the names of the various cell groups and what they develop into and how they move....😕 Any recommendations?

Langeman's Medical Embryology 10th edition comes with one of the Simbryo animation sets that is somewhat useful as an introduction. I like many animations at the links below much more. Also, I personally like Moore and Persaud, The Developing Human: Clinical Oriented Embryology 7th edition (not a video or animation) and Larsen Human Embryology 3rd edition (also a book). You should be able to find stuff online as well. Here are some of my links. Embryology is a bit of a big topic. If you have something specific you are having trouble with, you could probably ask for that.

Embryology Reviews:
Overall Embryology Timeline
http://www.embryo.chronolab.com/time.htm (ultra-cool with slider !!!)


Circulatory Embryology
http://mednote.co.kr/ANATOMY/embryonote/CIRCULATORY%20SYSTEM.htm


Respiratory Embryology
http://www.embryo.chronolab.com/respiratory.htm

Here are some additional embryology links:
http://embryology.ch/genericpages/moduleembryoen.html
http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryo.htm
http://cna.uc.edu/embryology/contents.htm
http://www.med.uc.edu/embryology/contents.htm
http://www.med.upenn.edu/meded/public/berp/
http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/embryo_main/index.html
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/scireport/appendixA.asp

 

[shreypete]

Before We Are Born by Moore & Persaud is good indeed but it gets very confusing in the later chapters (the first 4-6 chapters are really good though). I'd say if you have a lot of time on your hands, then it would be better to read this book as your main text and use Langman's as your reference. I read the first 5 chapters from Moore's and the rest from Langman's along with some material online (and a few of those sites have already been mentioned by OncoCap).

 

[DrMichelle]

I'm a huge fan of the Indiana embryo website, it was EXTREMELY helpful - especially for cardiac embryo. Doesn't have a lot of head/neck stuff, but very helpful for all of the cardiac/thorax/gut stuff.

http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/embryo_main/index.html