Human Embryology Made Easy

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CRC Press, Jul 28, 1998 - Science - 376 pages
This book is a synopsis of the key facts and concepts of human development. It is intended for students who are taking a human embryology course. The book includes the underlying mechanisms involved in clinically important congenital anomalies that will prove useful to medical and nursing.
 

Contents

GAMETOGENESIS
17
FERTILIZATION AND CLEAVAGE
25
IMPLANTATION
35
PLACENTATION
43
Decidua
49
Abnormalities of the Placenta
56
EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF EMBRYO
65
TERATOGENESIS
81
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
149
PHARYNGEAL APPARATUS
165
CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT
179
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
195
URINARY SYSTEM
223
GENITAL SYSTEM
241
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
273
EYE AND EAR
289

SKELETOMUSCULAR SYSTEM
93
Block Vertebra
105
Review Questions
111
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
115
NERVOUS SYSTEM
313
Congenital Anomalies of the Nervous System
342
Chromosomal Abnormalities
346
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M. Waheed Rana, PhD is a professor of anatomy and neurobiology at St. Louis University School of Medicine, in Missouri.

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