Lockdown Embryology with Prof Alice Roberts #5: Embryonic Folding

How do you start to make a 3D body - out of a flat disc? The answer lies in the folding that happens throughout weeks 3 and 4, when the trilaminar germ disc curls from head to toe and side to side and ends up looking like a cross between a sausage and a pea pod. Watch it happen!

[onsirmh]

who knew learning embryology could feel so therapeutic

[johnbarnes]

Very few and far between that you find videos on YouTube that actually spark your interest, ah gone are the days when I used to look like an angry mushroom with teeth. Alice Roberts has one of the most soothing voices on the planet.

[willb]

Life was so easy when I was a trilaminar germ disc!

[OfonsBandusiae]

Feeling slightly stressed about my MRCOG exam *tomorrow* - these are so soothing and a great way to gently revise and actually appreciate how amazing we all are, regardless of the exam outcome! Many thanks.

[AyhamHowrd]

I was hating studying embryology but your passion literally brought a lot of nice feelings, even though I am still confused it feels like you are bringing me closer to understanding the orientation of development! Thank you

[Sunlight]

A cup of tea and one of these videos and suddenly the world seems a better place. Thanks, Prof Alice - please, keep 'em coming!

[Amazing_Mark]

The artistic ability of Alice is extraordinary. 👌

[mcc.o.]

One of the best channels on YouTube. Love this. 🥰

[sumedhajha]

Never imagined that academic videos could be so calming to watch..

[phonotical]

I am growing attached to this fictional embryo... aint life weird haha

[harsh]

Was stuck with my notes of embryology, this is so much better and thoughtful 😍👏 Great work ma'am !!

[sarahlucas]

I love this series and your illustrations are amazing. Can't wait for the next one :)

[MrNas]

Wow! So beautiful. Beautifully illustrated and beautifully told ...

[andyrussell]

I'm disappointed there are so few views, as these drawings are exquisite! Please carry on with this fascinating subject. I have a question that I once heard in my Human Biology A-Level class back in the early 1980's is that "Embryology recapitulates phylogeny" is this statement true given that all animals that follow a common ancestry must follow a common development path...?

[markyhmarcus]

Fascinating, and the detailed illustrations you draw so reminiscent of Tony Hart of take Hart fame.

[stephaniemaria]

Love this Alice, thank you so much for doing this! I'm week 16 so it's exciting to see the week to week in detail X

[davidkennedy]

Alice, this is brilliant; the explanations and the accompanying artwork make it all so easy to follow. A question though. You say that the "heart" is now beating, but presumably at this stage it's not "pumping" anything but ticking in a vaguely similar way to peristalsis in the gut (very vaguely similar!)!

[paulinesim]

These are amazing, studying for MRCOG part 1, and really hope that you can do up to week 8 before the 28 September! Thank you for finally allowing this to make sense to me

[sajjadkhan]

what a excellent work, very interesting love it. Thanks professor

[Monpjc]

Thank you for another amazing video Alice,
I was very intrested to hear the heart was starting to beat at just 26days, Would this imply that the Nural Nodes have formed and are regulating the heart already, it so then I assume nurons in the brain have started to form also? Still find it amazing that with so much growth that there is not any trace of a bllod supply coming from the mother?
Cant wait for next video -!