Before We are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth DefectsZeroing in on all the crucial clinical and scientific knowledge of embryology and teratology that you need to master. The new edition of Before We Are Born explores how organs and systems develop week by week, stage by stage, and why and when abnormalities occur, and what the vital roles of the placenta and foetal membranes are in development, in an easy to use format. Completely revised and updated, the new 6th edition of Before We Were Born emphasises the clinical aspects throughout by use of clinical correlations as well as hundreds of superb illustrations. |
Contents
Human Reproduction | 9 |
The First Week of Human Development | 27 |
The Second Week of Human Development | 37 |
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abnormal aortic arch arteriosus artery atresia atrium birth bladder blastocyst blood bone canal cardinal vein cartilage caudal cavity cervical chorionic sac chromosome cleft Clinically coelom congenital anomalies connective tissue cranial defects derived differentiate diverticulum dorsal aorta duodenum ectoderm embryo embryonic disc endoderm epithelium esophagus external extraembryonic female fertilization fetus Figure fourth week fuse genes genetic glands groove heart human infants intestine kidney lateral layer Level of section limb buds lungs Manitoba maternal maxillary prominences median membrane mesenchyme mesentery mesoderm Mesonephric duct midgut muscle nasal nerve neural crest cells neural folds neural tube normal notochord occurs oocyte optic oval foramen palate pharyngeal arches pharyngeal groove placenta plate posterior pregnancy primordial primordium prominence pulmonary result septum primum somites sperm spinal cord stage surface ectoderm syncytiotrophoblast syndrome teratogenic thyroid umbilical cord urethra urogenital usually uterine tube uterus vein ventral ventricle vertebral vesicle vessels villi week of development yolk sac zygote