DEV3022 Developmental and anatomical basis of human health and disease

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Describe the basic development and anatomy of the major organs and organ systems;

2. 2

   Explain the molecular and environmental regulation of organogenesis of the major organ systems;

3. 3

   Explain how errors or perturbations in genetic and/or environmental regulation of development can lead to developmental disorders and outline how suboptimal development can result in or predispose to adult chronic disease;

4. 4

   Describe the relative contributions of endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm in the formation of the tissues and organs of the adult body;

5. 5

   Demonstrate experimental strategies and techniques used to identify and study organogenesis and the regulation of organogenesis;

6. 6

   Discuss and present studies in developmental biology and anatomy research.