Embryology for Students of Dentistry 1

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 10 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 2 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OSE-EM1-T
  • 1 kredit
  • Dentist
  • Elective modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

OSA-BEV-T finished , OSA-ZT1-T parallel

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 80

Topic

Basic embryology (embryogenesis). Early development of the human body, embryogenesis, external appearance of the fetus. This is the first part of a two-semester subject.

Embryology helps to explain the normal anatomical situs and certain malformations, syndromes. The course consists of 10 lectures and a seminar (2 hours). The lectures will be in the morning, alternating with the series of your histology lectures, between weeks 6 and 14! We will agree on the date of the seminar at the end of the semester. The subject EM1 (1 credit) and the subject ZT1 (histology, 3 credits) can be recognized together as the subject SF1 (4 credits) of the General Medicine Program. The course will definitely start with less than 5 people.

Lectures

  • 1. Progenesis I - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 2. Progenesis II - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 3. Fertilization, cleavage. Homebox genes. - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 4. Blastocyst formation, implantation. - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 5. Gastrulation and neurulation. Determination of the body axes - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 6. Differentiation of the mesoderm, development of the muscular system. - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 7. Flexion of the embryo. The umbilical cord - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 8. Fetal membranes, decidua, placenta - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 9. The external appearance of the embryo. Development of the skull. - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 10. Malformations and twinnings. - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)

Practices

Seminars

  • 1. Embryology seminar - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)
  • 2. Embryology seminar - Horváth Judit (Anatómia)

Reading material

Obligatory literature

http://an-server.pote.hu/INFO/eIrod.htm

Literature developed by the Department

EMBRYOLOGY lectures

http://an-server.pote.hu/OKT/H_EA/eH_EA1.htm

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Presence on at least 85% of course hours is required. Absence (for any reason) is max. 2 teaching hours (= 2x45 min).

Mid-term exams

Exam on the last week of the semester. Details and requirements will be given in the first class. In case of unsuccessful result there is a possibility for correction in the first week of the exam period.

Making up for missed classes

There is no possibility of making up the missed classes.

Exam topics/questions

http://an-server.pote.hu/INFO/eV9_info.htm

Examiners

  • Horváth Judit (Anatómia)

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Horváth Judit (Anatómia)