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Embryology — Bilaminar Disc, Gastrulation and Trilaminar Disc

Embryology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

La segunda semana del desarrollo embrionario es, quizás, la más rica en transformaciones simultáneas. Se denomina coloquialmente la "semana de los dos" : se forman dos capas en el disco germinativo (epiblasto e hipoblasto), dos cavidades (amniótica y el saco vitelino), dos capas del trofoblasto (sincitio y cito-), y dos capas del mesodermo extraembrionario (somática y esplácnica). Para entender el disco bilaminar,…

What it covers

  1. Blastocyst, Implantation and Decidual Reaction
  2. · From the Zygote to the Blastocyst — Chronology
  3. · The Decidual Reaction of the Endometrium
  4. The Bilaminar Disc
  5. · Epiblast and Hypoblast — Origin, Nature and Destiny
  6. · Formation of the Amniotic Cavity
  7. · Formation of the Primitive and Secondary Yolk Sac
  8. · The Anterior Visceral Endoderm (AVE) — The "GPS" of the Anteroposterior Axis
  9. Trophoblast and Primitive Uteroplacental Circulation
  10. Gastrulation — The Primitive Line
  11. · The Primitive Line — Anatomy and Function
  12. · Primitive Line Regression
  13. Molecular Signaling of Gastrulation
  14. The Notochord
  15. · Notochordal Process Formation — Detailed Steps
  16. The Trilaminar Disc — The Three Germinal Leaves
  17. · Special Trilaminar Disc Membranes
  18. Mesoderm Differentiation
  19. · The Intraembryonic Coelom
  20. Somitogenesis — The Developmental Clock
  21. · Chronology of Somitogenesis
  22. · The Segmentation Clock
  23. · Somite Differentiation
  24. Primary Neurulation
  25. · Neural Plate Induction — The First Act of Neurulation
  26. · Steps of Primary Neurulation
  27. Neural Crest Cells
  28. · Induction and Specification of CCN
  29. · CCN Migration Routes
  30. Derivatives of the Three Germinal Leaves
  31. Fundamental Clinical Correlations
  32. · Twinship — Types and Embryopathology
  33. · Persistent Primitive Line — Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
  34. · Caudal Regression Syndrome and Sirenomelia
  35. Integrated Chronological Summary

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Subject
Embryology
Category
Basic Sciences
Type
Study Guide
Sections
35
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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