• By the end of this session, the student should be able to 

• Define Chromosome Theory of inheritance

• Enlist different stages of Mitosis and Meiosis

• Compare and contrast Mitosis and Meiosis

Primordial Germ Cells & Cell Cycle

Mitosis

Meiosis

Mitosis vs Meiosis

By the end of this session, the students should be able to 

• Describe the anatomical basis for numerical chromosomal abnormalities.

• Describe their clinical presentation & justify them embryologically

• Describe the clinical presentation of structural chromosomal abnormalities

• Describe the embryological basis for mosaicism

• Describe the embryological basis for teratoma

• Describe Concept of Gene Mutation.

• Enlist common diagnostic techniques for identifying genetic abnormalities.

By the end of this lecture, students should be able to 

• Describe the pre and postnatal maturation of the oocyte

• Describe the process of ovulation & Mittelschmerz pain

• Explain the significance of the meiotic arrest

• Describe the formation, function and fate of corpus luteum

• Define menstrual cycle & its phases

• Describe the steps & hormonal control of female reproductive cycles

By the end of this session the students should be able to 

• Describe the transportation of Oocyte

• Define fertilization

• Describe the phases of fertilization

• Describe Capacitation & Acrosomal, Cortical & Zona Reactions

• Enumerate and describe the results of fertilization

By the end of this session, the students should be able to 

• Define contraception

• Explain the mechanisms of Barrier methods

• Explain the mechanisms of Hormonal methods

• Explain the mechanisms of Intrauterine device (IUD)

• Explain the mechanisms of Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs)

• Explain Male and female sterilization

By the  end of this session, the students should be able to 

• Describe the anatomical and physiological basis of male & female infertility

• Define assisted reproductive techniques

• Describe the mechanisms of In vitro fertilization (IVF) & embryo transfer

• Explain the correlation of multiple births with assisted reproductive techniques

By the end of this session, the students should be able to 

• Describe process of cleavage of embryo 

• Describe the Formation of morula

• Describe the process of Compaction & blastocyst formation

• Describe the origin and uses of embryonic stem cells

• Describe the techniques of obtaining embryonic stem cells

• Explain the embryological basis of spontaneous abortion

By the end of this session the students should be able to

• Describe the Uterus at the time of implantation (decidua reaction)

• Illustrate the concept of Implantation

• Describe the formation of embryonic disc, amniotic cavity, umbilical vesicle and chorionic sac

• Describe the Abnormal implantation / extra uterine implantations

• Define the Molar pregnancy

• Describe the Establishment of uteroplacental circulation

By the end of this session, the students should be able to

• Describe the Formation & fate of primitive streak

• Draw a concept map highlighting transformation of bilaminar to trilaminar germ disc

• Describe embryology behind sacrococcygeal teratoma and justify its clinical picture

• Describe the Invagination and movement of prenotochordal cells

• Describe the notochord formation and its fate

By the end of this lecture, you should be able to:

• Describe the process of neurulation and neural tube formation

• Explain the origin, migration, and derivatives of neural crest cells

• Describe the formation and derivates of ectodermal placodes

• Outline the molecular regulation of ectodermal differentiation

• Correlate ectodermal congenital defects

By the end of this session, the students should be able to 

• List mesoderm divisions and derivatives of each

• Describe somite formation and tissue differentiation

• Outline blood vessel formation and hematopoiesis

• Correlate vessel formation with capillary hemangiomas.

By the end of this session, the students should be able to 

• Describe the partitioning of the primitive thoracic cavity.

• Identify the embryological sources forming definitive diaphragm.

• Explain the developmental mechanism behind the descent of the diaphragm and the long course of the phrenic nerve.

• Correlate embryological failures with the development and clinical presentation of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias (CDH).