We are currently developing a series of computer animations explaining the development of tissues and organs in the human embryo as pedagogical support for medical, veterinary and biology students and professors in high schools and universities. These animations are black-and-white dynamic drawings, organised in chapters, with detailed explanations.
These animations will require a free player that can run on Windows®, Mac OS® or Linux with minimal hardware configurations. No additional software, plug-in, library or driver will be required.
Embryodynamics will be made available in the next few weeks. Please check our News section and subscribe to our RSS feed to receive regular updates.
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Embryodynamics philosophy
by Radivoj Krstic
As a teacher of histology and embryology, I noticed that my students often had difficulties understanding histophysiological and embryological processes, particularly embryological dynamics. Most embryology textbooks only illustrate the beginning and terminal stages of these processes and fail to depict the intermediate stages. The representation of these intermediate steps is left solely to the student—an unpleasant and even dangerous task, as it holds no guarantee that the embryological processes have been correctly elaborated.
About 15 years ago, to facilitate the comprehension of histophysiological and embryological dynamics, I started producing computer-aided animations for my lectures. These animations consisted of drawings similar to those that I drew on the blackboard. Encouraged by the positive feedback from my students, I continued to animate all of my lectures dealing with embryology.
These animations will be soon be made available for medical, veterinary, and biology students and professors as well as for anyone who is interested in embryology. Embryodynamics follows the descriptions provided in embryological textbooks but does not replace them. Every important chapter of normal human development, along with the corresponding malformations, is animated to accelerate learning and understanding of embryology.