Before We are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects

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Saunders, 2003 - Medical - 448 pages
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This highly successful resource distills all of the most essential information of human embryology and teratology from THE DEVELOPING HUMAN: CLINICALLY ORIENTED EMBRYOLOGY, 7th Edition presenting the crucial clinical and scientific concepts in an easy-to-use format. Completely revised and updated, the 6th Edition emphasizes the clinical aspects throughout by using clinical correlations as well as hundreds of outstanding illustrations.

  • Incorporates the molecular aspects of embryonic development, including information on stem cells · homeobox
    genes · gamete formation · regulation control and the molecules/receptors involved · gene activity and expression · and more.
  • Includes illustrations of new diagnostic procedures, including sonographs, MRIs, electron micrographs, 3D images, and clinical photographs.
  • Presents completely revised and updated Clinically Oriented Questions and Answers based on the current requirements of the USMLE Step 1.
  • Offers reader-friendly features including brief explanations of clinical terms · clinical applications boxes · timetables for critical periods in prenatal development · and end-of-chapter summariesenabling readers to quickly zero in on essential information.

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Contents

Human Reproduction
9
The Second Week of Human Development
37
The Third Week of Human Development
45
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

abnormal amniotic fluid aortic arches artery atresia atrium birth blastocyst blood bone canal cardinal vein cartilage caudal cause cavity chorionic sac chromosome cleft coelom congenital anomalies connective tissue cranial defects derived differentiate diverticulum duodenum ectoderm embryo embryonic disc endoderm epithelium external extraembryonic female fertilization fetal period fetus fibers Figure folds formation fourth week fuse genes genetic glands groove growth heart human infants intestine kidney lateral layer limb buds lungs male Manitoba maternal maxillary prominences median mesentery mesoderm mesonephric ducts midgut muscle nasal nerve neural crest cells neural folds neural tube normal notochord occurs oocyte optic cup oval foramen palate pharyngeal arches placenta placental membrane plate posterior pregnancy primordial primordium prominences pulmonary result septum septum primum somites sperm spinal cord surface ectoderm syncytiotrophoblast syndrome teratogenic Transverse section tubules umbilical cord urethra urogenital usually uterine tube uterus ventral ventricle vertebral vesicle vessels villi week of development yolk sac zygote

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About the author (2003)

Mark G. Torchia is Associate Professor and Director of Development Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba. T. V. N. Persaud is Professor Emeritus and Former Head, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and Professor of Anatomy and Embryology, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies. Keith L. Moore is Professor Emeritus, Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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TitleBefore We are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects
Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology & Birth Defects
AuthorsKeith L. Moore, T. V. N. Persaud
Edition6, illustrated
PublisherSaunders, 2003
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 24, 2008
ISBN072169408X, 9780721694085
Length448 pages
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Medical / Gynecology & Obstetrics
Science / Life Sciences / Biology
  
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