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Small thumbnail images would not do justice to the quality of Teaching Pack slides. This sampler contains 800 x 600 pixel images that are almost identical to the second level, medium-resolution (SVGA) images of the Teaching Pack — except that they are marked ‘Sample’ to show that they are not licensed for use in teaching.

Teaching Pack A covers the formation of the gametes and the main events of early embryogenesis, including placentation. It contains a PowerPoint file with 57 labelled images in six sets, plus titles and linking slides, together with the same 57 main images as individual files replicated in three different JPEG formats: high-quality at 1024 x 768 pixel (XGA) resolution, high-quality at 800 x 600 pixel (SVGA) resolution, and compact, medium-quality at 600 x 450 pixels (subVGA) for intranet use where bandwidth-limited links may be involved. Files in this last format are typically about 60 kB, half the size of those shown here, but the quality remains acceptable for study purposes. Teaching Pack A also contains 56 unlabelled images, drawn from the same slides but presented in a 425 x 425 ‘picture-question’ format, for teachers to add their own labelling for use in classroom teaching and assessment. A large bank of true/false questions on the topics covered by the slides rounds off the package.

Teaching Pack SS contains more than 75 slides (some of them shared with Pack A) that illustrate the main events transforming the early embryo, the structure of the embryonic pharynx, the major pharyngeal derivatives, the developing face, nose, palate, teeth, skull, ear and nervous system, and some of the commoner abnormalities of cranial development. This pack, now nearing completion, is primarily aimed at those teaching students whose main focus is the head and neck, such as Speech Science and Speech Therapy students.

Teaching Pack B is aimed at those teaching more general human embryology and takes over where Pack A ends, illustrating the embryonic and early fetal development of the major organ systems, including the heart, vasculature, respiratory tract, digestive tract, urinary tract and reproductive systems, as well as the head and neck, nervous system, ear and eye. This pack is still in preparation but do please enquire about it because some of these topic sets are now almost complete (see examples below) and we may already be able to assemble a 'bespoke collection' that meets your needs. We have already completed all the slides that we have enough contact-time to present to students at UCL.

Purchasers of Teaching Packs have copyright permission to include these slide and test images in printed course-notes and assessment materials distributed to their own students, and on password-limited intranet pages. A separate network licence is required (see below) if the main ‘Embryonic Disk’ learning resource is to be distributed via a network.

Click on any title from the list below to see a sample slide. To return to this list, use the ‘Back’ button of your browser.

Teaching Pack A

Set GAM (10 slides) : ‘Gametogenesis and fertilization’

Set ZTD (10 slides) : ‘From the fertilized zygote to the trilaminar germ disk’

Set DTF (10 slides) : ‘From the trilaminar germ disk to the folded embryo’

Set OSD (7 slides) : ‘The organization of somitic derivatives’

Set CAV (10 slides) : ‘The body cavities, lungs and diaphragm’

Set PLM (10 slides) : ‘The placenta and fetal membranes’

Test pictures (56 unlabelled images covering all these topics)

Teaching Pack SS

Sets ZTD, DTF and CAV, as shown above, plus:

Set PHR (30 slides) : ‘The developing pharyngeal system, face, nose and palate’

Set NSS (10 slides) : ‘The developing nervous system’

Set EAR (6 slides) : ‘The developing inner, middle and outer ear’

Teaching Pack B

Sets PHR, NSS and EAR, as shown above, plus:

Set EYE (6 slides) : ‘The developing eye’

Set CVS (17 slides) : ‘The developing cardiovascular system’

Set GUT (17 slides) : ‘The developing digestive system’

Set EXC (10 slides) : ‘The developing excretory system’

Set REP (currently 5 slides) : ‘The developing reproductive system’

Click on any title from the list above. To return to this list, use the ‘Back’ button of your browser.

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