Embryology Multimedia

October 23, 2013 6:42 PM

I am taking an embryology class online and I don't feel like I get it even after doing the readings and assignments. The textbook is Moore and Persaud's Before We Are Born. Right now we are learning all of the details of the development of the human embryo from conception to three weeks. What I need are animations, videos, and other multimedia resources since reading alone isn't doing it for me. I haven't been successful with google. Can anybody direct me toward resources? Thanks!
posted by long haired child to Science & Nature (6 answers total)

Babycenter has some videos meant for pregnant women but maybe they can help you. Look for the Inside the Womb link.
posted by CrazyLemonade at 6:48 PM on October 23, 2013

There's always NOVA. More links at the bottom and Google "NOVA + embryo" and you might get exactly what you are looking for.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 7:49 PM on October 23, 2013

YouTube was a big help to me in an anatomy class last semester, and when I searched for videos there, I got some very promising hits for early embryology--the first one was titled "Medical Embryology: Difficult Concepts of Early Development." There are folks out there doing series of reference videos on this kind of thing, so when you find someone who explains it in a way you understand, they might be able to see you through the whole class. My class was also on-line, and my classmates and I shared links in the discussion area of our course website, and that was very helpful, so if you haven't asked there, you might try that as well. Someone in the class may have already done the looking for you and just not thought to share what they've found.
posted by not that girl at 8:18 PM on October 23, 2013

Google the Carnegie Stages, particularly an image search. The Carnegie Stages describes the discrete forms of development that the embryo goes through very early on. I have never been through medical school but when I was pregnant with my second child, I found these searches endlessly fascinating. Start here for some good overviews.
posted by KathrynT at 8:31 PM on October 23, 2013

You might be able to find stuff over at the Node. For example, here is the video category.
posted by shelleycat at 3:17 AM on October 24, 2013

If you'd like to check an alternate text, Carlson's "Human Embryology and Developmental Biology" is a great reference.
posted by stillmoving at 9:31 PM on October 25, 2013