Course Description: This course could also be entitled Human Development because the vast majority of this course involves the processes involved in the transformation of a single cell into a fully viable and independent human being.

Portions of the course will detail the biochemical, cellular and molecular cues and signals which are required to choreograph the many cell divisions, cell migration, cell differentiation and cell death that must occur in the proper place and the appropriate time. Beyond these essential processes, the bulk of the course is an embryological anatomy description of the cells, tissues and organs that form (morphogenesis) during development.

Because this course is based upon the Developmental Anatomy courses, offered at many medical schools across the country, we will also spend time discussing the many congenital and teratogenic birth defects which may occur during development.

Students will be challenged with the vast amount of information (i.e., cellular, anatomical, and molecular) in a short period of time. Thus I recommend that you have prior knowledge of anatomy and cell biology to perform well in this course.

 

 

Instructors: Dr. Langford

Rotation: This course is ONLY offered during the Fall semester.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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