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http://php.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/
Larsen’s Human Embryology – Chapter 7
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology
Skin origins
Development of melanocytes
Resources:
http://php.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/
Larsen’s Human Embryology – Chapter 7
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology
Consists of:
- Overlying epidermis
- Epidermal appendages:
- Hair follicles,
- Glands: sebaceous, sweat, apocrine, mammary
- Nails
- Teeth
- Melanocytes
- (Merkel Cells
- Langerhans cells)
- Dermis
- Hypodermis
Skin origins
Trilaminar embryo
Mesoderm
musculo-skeletal system, limbs
connective tissue of skin and organs
urogenital system, heart, blood cells
Endoderm
epithelial linings of gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts
Ectoderm
Overlying epidermis, epidermal appendages,
nerve endings
Neural Crest
Melanocytes + Cranial Connective Tissue
Melanocytes
Page 342
S.F. Gilbert
Developmental Biology
5th edition
Epidermal development
Surface ectoderm
Skin/Interfollicular epidermis: stratified squamous epithelium
Appendages:
Hair follicles
Glands (sebaceous, sweat, apocrine, mammary, lacrimal, salivary)
Nails
Teeth
Development of Skin/interfollicular epidermis (IFE)
Week 4
Week 24
Development of Skin/interfollicular epidermis (IFE)
Periderm
Basal layer
Basement membrane
Development of Skin/interfollicular epidermis (IFE)
Stratification
Week 11: intermediate layer
Intermediate layer
Stratified skin/IFE
Envelope Loricrin
Involucrin
proteins Fillagrin
Keratin 1/10
Keratin 5/14
Junctions:
integrins
Thick skin
Thin skin
Epidermal Appendages
Surface ectoderm
- Hair follicles,
- Glands: sebaceous, sweat, apocrine, mammary,
salivary, lacrimal
- Nails
- Teeth
Permanent
Infundibulum
Cycling
Mesenchymal
condensate
Dermal papilla
Signaling events
Hair follicle development
Hair germ
Hair peg
Bulbous
hair peg
Invasion of
dermal cells
Hair follicle development
Formation of:
Arrector pili muscle
Hair follicle bulge
Germinal matrix
Permanent
Inner and outer root sheaths
Cycling
Postnatal regeneration:
Hair follicle cycling
Postnatal hair follicle cycling
bulbous
germ peg
peg
Telogen: rest
Anagen: growth
Catagen: regression
Ageing
Epidermal gland development
Epidermal appendages: outgrowths from IFE or HF
Sebaceous glands: sebrum/vernix
Sweat glands
Apocrine glands (pheromones)
Mammary glands
Salivary glands
Lacrimal glands
Epidermal gland development
Epidermal appendages
Sebaceous glands: develop from hair follicle (4 weeks +)
Sweat glands: develop from basal layer IFE (20 weeks+)
Apocrine glands: develop in association with HFs, most lost late in fetal dev.
Mammary gland development
Epidermal appendage
4 weeks:
enamel
dentin
http://discovery.lifemapsc.com/library/review-of-medical-embryology/chapter-75-development-of-the-nails
Nail development
Ectoderm
http://discovery.lifemapsc.com/library/review-of-medical-embryology/chapter-75-development-of-the-nails
Melanocytes
Melanocyte development
Neural crest
Week 6
Anagen
Matrix
Skin origins
Development of Melanocytes
Resources:
http://php.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/
Larsen’s Human Embryology – Chapter 7
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology
A – the epidermis
B – the dermis
C – the hypodermis
D – the melanocytes
1. Hair follicles develop from:
A – the epidermis
B – the dermis
C – the hypodermis
D – the melanocytes
2. Hair follicle development:
A –ectoderm
B – mesoderm
C – neurectoderm
D – endoderm
3. The non-cranial dermis is derived from:
A –ectoderm
B – mesoderm
C – neurectoderm
D – endoderm
4. Human melanocytes:
A – nails
B – mammary glands
C – teeth
D – all of the above
5. Epidermal appendages are:
A – nails
B – mammary glands
C – teeth
D – all of the above