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Embryology of the Digestive and Urinary System

Embryology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Un recorrido exhaustivo desde el plegamiento del embrión trilaminar hasta la maduración funcional del tubo digestivo y del aparato urinario, con énfasis en los mecanismos morfogenéticos, las interacciones epitelio-mesénquima y las malformaciones congénitas de relevancia clínica.

What it covers

  1. Introduction: from the trilaminar disc to the cylindrical embryo
  2. Germinative layers and derivatives of the endoderm
  3. The primitive intestinal tube: division and vascularization
  4. Digestive System
  5. Foregut: pharynx, respiratory system and septum
  6. Esophagus and stomach: elongation, rotation and formation of the omentum
  7. · Esophagus
  8. · Stomach: the two rotations
  9. Duodenum, liver, gallbladder and pancreas
  10. · Duodenum
  11. · Liver and bile ducts
  12. · Pancreas: two outlines, one gland
  13. Middle intestine: herniation, rotation and return
  14. Hindgut, cloaca and anal canal
  15. Mesenteries, peritoneum and retroperitoneal organs
  16. Synthesis of digestive clinical correlations
  17. Urinary System
  18. The intermediate mesoderm and the nephrogenic cord
  19. The three kidney generations
  20. Metanephros: reciprocal induction and nephrogenesis
  21. Ascent, rotation and change in renal irrigation
  22. Bladder, urethra and destination of the urogenital sinus
  23. Synthesis of urinary clinical correlations
  24. Integration: the sewer as a crossroads

The complete study guide is in the app

This page summarizes the outline. The full interactive study guide —with high-yield diagrams, clinical tables, and board review cases— can be read inside Epistemis, completely offline and ad-free.

Subject
Embryology
Category
Basic Sciences
Type
Study Guide
Sections
24
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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