Growth rates of the pancreatic head in the prenatal period of human ontogenesis

Abstract

Knowledge of the morphological and morphofunctional regularities of human prenatal ontogeny, in particular, of the pancreas, can serve as a reliable means for a correct understanding of the essence of the processes occurring during intrauterine life, for the study of critical periods in the development of the embryo, and provides an opportunity to search for ways to prevent congenital deformities and anomalies. Research on medical embryology emphasizes its importance for theory and practice and creates prospects for the practical use of embryology data in the antenatal prevention of fetal diseases, as well as methods of postnatal correction. The aim of the study. To find out the peculiarities of the dynamics of the morphometric parameters of the pancreas in the prenatal period of human ontogenesis. Material and methods. A complex of morphometric research methods (anthropometry, morphometry, macroscopy, microscopy of series of histological sections, statistical analysis) examined 5 embryos of 5-6 weeks of development and 14 human pre-fetuses aged from 6 to 12 weeks (24.7-73.5 mm parietal coccygeal length (TCL)). The methods of variational statistics were used to determine the average value (М) and its error (m), as well as the degree of reliability (р).