Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | ISBN: 9780781794855 | 10th. Ed. 2006 | CHM, 371 pages | language: english | 89 MB
Long respected for its scientific authority, pedagogy, and clinical relevance to medical education, this comprehensive embryology text features outstanding illustrations and clear and concise writing. The brand-new Tenth Edition covers all aspects of embryology of interest to medical students and instructors and includes clinical correlates that provide information on birth defects and other clinical entities directly related to embryologic concepts. This extensively revised edition features new full-color photographs of clinical conditions and updated embryo images/photographs. It also features new online USMLE-style review questions. A new introduction chapter on development includes molecular biology, and this edition's larger page size improves readability.
Contents
1. Embryology: Old and New Frontiers and an Introduction to Molecular Regulation and Signaling
2. Gametogenesis: Conversion of Germ Cells into Male and Female Gametes
3. First Week of Development: Ovulation to Implantation
4. Second Week of Development: Bilaminar Germ Disc
5. Third Week of Development: Trilaminar Germ Disc
6. Third to Eighth Weeks: The Embryonic Period
7. Third Month to birth: The Fetus and Placenta
8. Birth Defects and Prenatal Diagnosis
9. Skeletal System
10. Muscular System
11. Body Cavities
12. Cardiovascular System
13. Respiratory System
14. Digestive System
15. Urogenital System
16. Head and Neck
17. Central Nervous System
18. Ear
19. Eye
20. Integumentary System
Answers to Problems
Glossary of Key Terms
Figure Credits
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