EMBRYOLOGY – Concise Notes

TOPIC: EMBRYOLOGY – Concise Notes

📌 INTRODUCTION

🔺Embryology is the study of prenatal development – from fertilization to birth.

🔺Divided into:

• • General Embryology – early development (fertilization to trilaminar germ disc)

  • Systemic Embryology – development of organ systems

  • Head & Neck Embryology – especially important for dental students (pharyngeal arches, face, palate, teeth)