Before We Are Born
Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
By- Keith Moore, MSc, PhD, FIAC, FRSM, FAAA, Professor Emeritus, Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Former Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Former Professor and Chairman, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- T. V. N. Persaud, MD, PhD, DSc, FRCPath (Lond.), FAAA, 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; Professor of Anatomy and Embryology, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies
- Mark Torchia, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Development, Department of Surgery and Associate Professor, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Director of Advanced Technologies, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects, by Drs. Keith L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud, and Mark G. Torchia, allows you to efficiently and quickly assimilate the most important concepts related to this subject. Concise and richly illustrated, this popular book delivers the embryology knowledge you need in a highly efficient, reader-friendly manner. You can also access the complete contents online at www.studentconsult.com, along with 17 remarkable animations, downloadable illustrations, additional review questions and answers, and more.
Audience
medical students taking an embryology course or preparing for USMLE Step 1 exam; students in PA and NP programs, HP and nursing programs who are learning embryology.
Paperback, 368 Pages
Published: December 2011
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4377-2001-3
Contents
1 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
2 HUMAN REPRODUCTION
3 FIRST WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT
4 SECOND WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT5 THIRD WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT
6 DEVELOPMENT DURING WEEKS FOUR TO EIGHT7 FETAL PERIOD: THE NINTH WEEK TO BIRTH
8 PLACENTA AND FETAL MEMBRANES9 BODY CAVITIES, MESENTERIES, AND DIAPHRAGM
10 PHARYNGEAL APPARRATUS11 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
12 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM13 UROGENITAL SYSTEM
14 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM15 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
16 NERVOUS SYSTEM17 EYES AND EARS
18 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM19 HUMAN BIRTH DEFECTS
20 THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF DEVELOPMENT
