Embryology: Head and Neck

Embryology: Head and Neck — Expert Guide

How it begins

Pharyngeal apparatus, neural crest, facial development, sensory organs, cranial nervous system and clinical correlations

What it covers

1. Introduction and Tissue Origins of the Head and Neck
2. The Cranial Neural Crest (CNC)
3. · Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in CNC
4. · Migration and Destinations of the Cranial CNC
5. The Pharyngeal (Brachial) Apparatus
6. · Overview: The "the Arcos Region"
7. · The Pharyngeal Arches
8. · Pharyngeal Pouches: The Endoderm that Organizes the Neck
9. · Pharyngeal Grooves (Ectodermal Clefts)
10. · Pharyngeal Membranes
11. Derivatives of the Pharyngeal Arches: Detailed Analysis
12. · First Pharyngeal Arch (Mandibular Arch)
13. · Second Pharyngeal Arch (Hyoid Arch)
14. · Third Pharyngeal Arch
15. · Fourth and Sixth Pharyngeal Arches
16. Face Development
17. · The Five Facial Prominences
18. · Fusion of Facial Prominences
19. · Palate: Primary and Secondary
20. Development of the Mouth, Tongue and Appendages
21. · Oral Cavity and Stomodeum
22. · Tongue Development
23. · Odontogenesis: The Development of Teeth
24. · Major Salivary Glands
25. Endocrine Glands of the Neck: Thyroid, Parathyroid and Thymus
26. · Thyroid: The Longest Migration of the Neck
27. · Parathyroid: The "Little Traveling Glands"
28. · Thymus: The "School" of T Lymphocytes
29. Development of the Nose and Nasal Cavity
30. Eye Development
31. · Optical Induction and Optic Vesicle
32. · The Optical Dome and the Retina
33. · The Lens
34. · Accessory Structures of the Eye
35. Hearing Development
36. · Inner Ear: From the Otic Placode to the Labyrinth
37. · Middle Ear: The Ossicles and the Tympanic Box
38. · External Ear: The Pavilion and the CAE
39. Cephalic Neurodevelopment
40. · Primary and Secondary Cerebral Vesicles
41. · Cranial Nerves: Origin and Functional Components
42. Expanded Clinical Correlations
43. · Cleft Lip and Palate: Treatment and Histological Aspects
44. · Gill and Pharyngeal System Anomalies
45. · Major Craniofacial Syndromes
46. · Eye and Ear Anomalies
47. · Congenital Thyroid Anomalies
48. Prenatal Diagnosis of Head and Neck Anomalies
49. · Morphological Ultrasonography
50. · Fetal Magnetic Resonance
51. · Prenatal Molecular Diagnosis