The "Human Embryology"  is a science that studies the normal human development as well as birth defects in the maternal uterus.
Bridges the gap between prenatal development and obstetrics, perinatal medicine, pediatrics and clinical anatomy
Develops knowledge concerning the beginning of life and the changes occurring during prenatal development
Builds an understanding of the causes of variations in human structure
Illuminates clinically oriented anatomy and explains how normal and abnormal relations develop
Supports the research and application of stem cells for treatment of certain chronic diseases

Our better understanding of “Human Embryology” will result in new techniques for prenatal diagnosis and treatment, therapeutic procedures to circumvent problems with infertility, mechanisms to prevent birth defects and the leading cause of infant mortality.

“Human Embryology” helps students understand

(1) how the gross and tissue-level morphologies that they have studied earlier are established during the development;

(2) what cellular behaviors normally contribute to such morphogenetic events;

(3) what molecular pathways work in the tissue-forming embryonic cells and how these pathways can participate in normal and pathological cellular behaviors of the adult cells;

(4) how developmental biological knowledge has been accumulated through utilizing a variety of non-human animal models;

(5) how pregnancy is diagnosed and monitored and what ethical issues we should bear in mind;

(6) how the understanding of embryological or developmental biological studies can contribute to regenerative medicine including clinical applications using embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells.

After learning about Gross Anatomy, Histology, medical students or any students who are interested in reproductive mecidine and human development take this "Human Embryology”course to study how human organs are formed and what malformations may occur in each organ during development.

T. W. Sadler: Langman's Medical EmbryologyNinth Edition (Japanese, M. Yasuda Ed.), Medical Science International.

W. J. Larsen: Human Embryology 3rd Edition, Churchill Livingstone.

K. L. Moore and T. V. N. Persaud:The Developing Human 6th Edition (Japanese, H. Seguchi Ed.), W. B. Saunders.

Embryology (Board review series, sixth edition), Wolters Kluwer

Netter's atlas of human embryology, Larry R. Cochard, Saunders Elsevier

https://www.osmosis.org/

组织学与胚胎学（八年制教材，第一版，郭雨霁参编），人民卫生出版社，2005

奈特氏人体胚胎学彩色图谱（郭雨霁参译），人民卫生出版社，2004

组织学与胚胎学（英文版，郭雨霁参编），科学出版社，2014

Statement:           

1. The pictures of this course mainly come from 《Langman's Medical Embryology》 、《Human Embryology》、《The Developing Human》、《组织学与胚胎学（八年制教材，第一版）》、《奈特氏人体胚胎学彩色图谱》、《组织学与胚胎学（英文版）》、《Netter's atlas of human embryology》.   Some pictures and animations are from the internet (Baidu, Osmosis...), which are only used for reference in teaching, and thanks to the original author. If copyright is involved, please let me know.     

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