EMBRYOLOGY

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

5-year Single Cycle Master's Degree Programme in VETERINARY MEDICINE

Disciplinary Sector:

Anatomy of Domestic Animals

Is part of:

ANATOMY A

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

LEPORE Gianluca

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites

AF code:

40003441

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The module of Embryiology will focus on the study of the processes that accompany the development of the animal body from the fertilization to birth.The module will also provide the student with the skills to recognize all the processes of organogenesis and development that occur during pregnancy. Finally, the student will acquire specific skills on the recognition of fetal annexes and in particular the placenta.

Contents

Embryology. Gametogenesis: spermatogenesis and oogenesis. Mitosis and meiosis. Ovulation, fertilization, segmentation and formation of the morula and blastocyst. Formation of the bilaminar and trilaminar germ disk. Origin and formation of the mesoderm and notochord. The ectoderm and its main derivatives. The endoderm and its main derivatives. The mesoderm and its main derivatives. Placenta and fetal membranes: chorion, amnion, allantois, yolk sac, umbilical cord. Structure, function and classification of placentas.

Recommended Bibliography

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