– Definition & terminologies – Concepts of growth – Bone ossification
2. Prenatal Growth & Development - Juliza
– Desmocranium, Chondrocranium, Vicscerocranium – Period of the ovum/ implantation – Foetal membranes
3. Period of the embryo - Salma
– Presomite period ( 2 weeks ) – Development of mesoderm / primitive streak (3 weeks) – Somite – Gastrulation (3 weeks)
4. Neurolation and Neural crest cells - Emira
5. Branchial arches - Suzanne
6.Pre and post natal Growth.
- Development of the cranial base. - Zhariff & Noor Rashidah – Chondrocranium - the cartilaginous base – Viscero and desmocranium – Synchondroses – Cranial flexure