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HISTORY of Developmental Biology Flashcards

1
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Who discovered the INCUBATION?

A

EGYPTIANS 1400 BC

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What is the contribution of HIPPOCRATES (460-370 BC)

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Embryo Development

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Founder of Embryology

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Aristotle

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4
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He studied embryos of different organisms by opening
up bird eggs at different stages of development and
dissecting mammalian and cold-blooded embryos.

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Aristotle

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5
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His main Contribution in Dev. Biology is the discovery SEMEN AND RECAPITULATION

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ARISTOTLE

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6
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He is credited as being a vitalist (life arises
from or contains a nonmaterial vital
principle) and teleologist (all life and
actions are driven by an ultimate purpose)
whose main contribution to embryology
was his steadfast belief that the umbilical
cord was necessary for respiration

A

GALEN OF PERGAMOS
(130-210 AD)

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GALEN OF PERGAMOS
(130-210 AD)

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UMBILICAL CORD

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CHRONOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

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LEONARDO DA VINCI
1452-1519

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9
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He is noted for his dissection of the human fetus and his
quantitative measurements of embryonic growth.

A

LEONARDO DA VINCI
1452-1519

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10
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BLASTODERM, AMNIOTIC FLUID & FETAL
BLOOD CIRCULATION

A

WILLIAM HARVEY
1578-1657

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11
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He described embryo development as a
simple unfolding of an already miniature
adult organism.

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MARCELLO MALPHIGI
1628-1694

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MARCELLO MALPHIGI
1628-1694

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PREFORMATION

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THEORY OF HOMUNCULUS

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MARCELLO MALPHIGI
1628-1694

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14
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He discovered the follicles of the mammalian ovary
in dogfish and demonstrated that the human female ovary was homologous to the ovaries in previously
studied oviparous animals.

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NICHOLAS STENSEN
1638-1686

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NICHOLAS STENSEN
1638-1686

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OVARY

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16
Q

During the late 1600s embryos with severe
congenital malformations were called as _________.

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Embryonic Monster

17
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“father of embryology”

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KARL ERNST von BAER
1792-1876

18
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KARL ERNST von BAER
1792-1876

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OVUM AND GERMLAYERS

19
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GERMPLASM THEORY

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AUGUST WEISMANN
1834-1914

20
Q

He studied how the traits of organisms
developed and evolved in a variety of
organisms, mostly insects and aquatic animals.

A

AUGUST WEISMANN
1834-1914

21
Q

He proposed the theory of the continuity
of germ-plasm, a theory of heredity.

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AUGUST WEISMANN
1834-1914

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