Before We are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects

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Saunders/Elsevier, 2008 - Medical - 353 pages
Zero in on the most essential concepts in human embryology and development! Concise and richly illustrated, the new edition of The Developing Human delivers the embryology knowledge you need in a highly efficient, reader-friendly format.
  • Editor Keith L. Moore, BA, MSc, PhD, FIAC, FRSM is the recipient of the first (2007) "Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Educator Award"-the American Association of Anatomists' highest award for excellence in human anatomy education at the medical/dental, graduate, and undergraduate level of teaching-a testament to his masterful teaching abilities, which help make this book such an effective tool for learning the complex subject of human embryology.
  • Succinct coverage focuses on the most need-to-know human embryology concepts.
  • Over 1,300 crisp illustrations and up-to-date clinical photos bring the material to life.
  • Review questions and answers at the end of each chapter test your knowledge and help you prepare for exams.
  • Sweeping updates reflect all of the latest advances, including IVF, cloning, and genes in human development
  • Bonus online access to STUDENT CONSULT includes 18 remarkable, specially developed animations that bring embryological development to life, and hundreds of additional support questions and answers to test your mastery of the material
  • A new, more user-friendly, full-colour format helps you master key embryology concepts more easily than ever, and a smaller size makes the book more portable

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Contents

The Menstrual Cycle 20
6-20
The Placenta and the Fetal
6-24
Body Cavities and Mesenteries 92
8-21
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