Embryology of the Integumentary System and Sense Organs

Embryology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

From the epidermis and its annexes to the specialized apparatuses of vision, hearing, balance, smell and taste: a comprehensive exposition of ectoderm-mesenchyme interactions, neurogenic placodes and the cups and vesicles that build our receptor organs, with their clinically relevant malformations.

What it covers

1. Common ectodermal origin and the concept of placode
2. Integumentary System
3. Epidermis: stratification and cell populations
4. · Immigrant cell populations
5. Dermis and hypodermis: the double mesenchymal origin
6. Skin annexes: hair, glands and nails
7. · Hair follicle
8. · Skin glands
9. · Nails
10. Mammary gland: the crest and milky lines
11. Synthesis of integumentary correlations
12. Sense Organs
13. The eye: vesicle and optic cup
14. Lens, retina and vitreous body
15. · Crystalline
16. · Retina
17. · Vitreous body and transient vascularization
18. Eye robes, cameras and annexes
19. Synthesis of ocular correlations
20. The inner ear: the otic vesicle
21. Middle and external ear: the role of the pharyngeal arches
22. · Middle ear
23. · External ear
24. Synthesis of auditory correlations
25. Olfaction: olfactory placode, nose and sinuses
26. Taste and tongue: papillae, buttons and triple innervation
27. Integration: three ectodermal lineages, a repertoire of defects