The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented EmbryologyHere's the New Edition of the most comprehensive, up-to-date account of the normal and abnormal development of the embryo and fetus. Every chapter has been thoroughly revised to reflect new findings in research and their clinical applications. The 6th Edition now includes full-color photographs, MR and ultrasound images, and all-new 3-D figures illustrating difficult concepts, and showing the effects of drugs and viruses on the fetus and how anomalies develop. |
Contents
Introduction to the Developing Human | 1 |
The First Week | 17 |
Formation of Germ Layers and Early Tissue and Organ | 63 |
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abnormal aortic arch arteriosus artery atresia atrium Behrman birth bladder blood bone brain bulbus cordis canal cardinal vein cartilage caudal cause cavity chorionic chromosome cleft clinical coelom congenital anomalies cranial defects derived differentiate distal diverticulum dorsal aorta ductus duodenum ectoderm embryo Embryology endoderm epithelium esophagus external female fetus fibers Figure folds foramen ovale fourth week fuse genetic glands groove growth heart infants inferior intestine kidney lateral layer lens Level of section limb buds liver lungs maternal median membrane mesenchyme mesentery mesoderm Mesonephric duct midgut muscle nasal nerve neural folds neural tube newborn normal notochord Obstetrics occurs oocyte optic optic cup Pediatrics pharyngeal arches Philadelphia placenta plate posterior pregnancy Prenatal primordial primordium pulmonary septum primum sinus venosus somites sperm spina bifida spinal cord stage syndrome teratogenic tion Ultrasound umbilical cord urethra urogenital usually uterine uterus ventral ventricle vertebral vesicle WB Saunders yolk sac