Product Description: This popular text makes it surprisingly easy to gain an in-depth understanding of human embryology. Engaging and richly illustrated, it examines all aspects of human development, emphasizing both basic concepts and relevant clinical problems. The book presents a week-by-week and stage-by-stage view of how fetal organs and systems develop, why and when birth defects occur, and what roles the placenta and fetal membranes play in development. The comprehensively updated 8th edition comes with access to the complete contents online via Student Consult, plus 18 phenomenal embryology animations, additional review questions and answers, and more.
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.
Comprehensive, richly illustrated, and clinically oriented coverage equips you with a detailed grasp of human embryology.
More than 1,800 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.
Purchase of this Student Consult title includes access to the full contents online at www.studentconsult.com-as well as 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.
New contributors provide fresh perspectives on the latest knowledge.
A new, more user-friendly, full-color format makes it easier than ever to master key embryology concepts.
Product Description: This book presents in-depth coverage of both the clinical and molecular biological aspects of human development. It examines the relationship between basic science and embryology, and describes potential clinical disorders arising out of embryologic problems. A strong clinical focus, practical design, and superb artwork-with more than 150 images new to this edition-allow for quick comprehension and easy application of the latest knowledge in this rapidly advancing field. A user-friendly design enables you to review the material in several ways, and online access to Student Consult enhances your study of the subject and exponentially boosts your reference power.
Follows a user-friendly design allowing students to review material in flexible ways and instructors to tailor the book to their specific needs.
Reflects the most current advances in molecular biology and genetics.
Offers chapters with illustrated timelines of the relevant embryologic stage.
Contains a high-quality full-color art program, with excellent line diagrams with a three-dimensional aspect, many color photographs of clinical disorders, excellent black and white electronphotomicrographs, and line drawings showing sequential stages of development.
Presents clinical cases in each chapter that place the content into a real-life context. Begins each chapter with a summary providing at-a-glance reference to key information. Features Clinical Tasters following the summaries at the start of each chapter that present a clinical case example related to the material for that chapter. Offers new chapters covering morphogenesis and dysmorphogenesis, for expanded explanations of the making of an embryo, focusing on cell-cell signaling pathways.
Emphasizes important content through clinical (In the Clinic) and research (In the Lab) boxes - many new to this edition.
Concludes each chapter with lists of references for further in-depth study.
Includes access to Student Consult at www.studentconsult.com, where you'll find the complete text and illustrations of the book online, and fully searchable . "Integration Links" to bonus content in other Student Consult titles . 200 USMLE-style questions to help you assess your mastery of the material . embryology animations that bring the topic to life . and much more!
Product Description: This thoroughly revised 4th edition offers both clear descriptions and explanations of human embryonic development based on all the most up-to-date scientific discoveries and understanding. Particular attention is paid to the fundamental aspects of molecular mechanisms in development, introducing you to major families of important developmental molecules. Clinical aspects of development are covered throughout in boxed sections of text. First-rate illustrations and Student Consult access, including online animations, complete this essential package.
Integrates contemporary developmental knowledge with classical embryological understanding. Interprets complex molecular developments, to help you learn how exactly the embryo develops. Presents first-rate clinical photos and clear drawings, to help you to memorize and understand normal and abnormal development. Uses clear sections within the chapter and summaries at the end of each to help you navigate this complex subject.
Includes review questions at the end of each chapter to help you assess your knowledge.
Provides more coverage of molecular development to help you interpret complex information.
Helps you to understand the full 3-D development of the embryo and the shapes of the developing forms using detailed animations on Student Consult.
Revises the section on the development of the head, particularly useful for dental students.
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Product Description: Univ. of Toronto, Canada. Brandon/Hill Medical List selection (#36). Textbook includes case studies; 3D images, clinical photographs, and other illustrations; new terminology; and updated problems and answers based on the USMLE Step 1. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover. DNLM: Embryology.
Product Description: Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL. Atlas is an ideal companion to any embryology text and a source for USMLE review. Includes abundant color hand-drawn illustrations taken from Dr. Frank H. Netter's series of systematic monographs. Also includes 40 new illustrations, descriptive image captions, and appendix summary of major congenital anomalies. Softcover.
Pictorial Human Embryology by: Stephen G. Gilbert 9 used from $16.99 22 Thirdparty New from $34.99 Edition: Media: Paperback EAN: 9780295966328 ISBN: 0295966327 Number Of Pages: 184 Publication Date: 1989-08 Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
Product Description: This is a study aid on human embryology for the National Medical Board Exams. It contains 482 questions in standard multiple-choice format in the left column with descriptive answers in the right column. The questions have been taken from exams used at a number of medical schools but are designed to be generally applicable for all state boards. The questions and answers are presented in 14 sections covering general principles, gametogenesis, ovulation to implantation, second and third weeks, placenta and fetal membranes, congenital malformations, muscles and skeleton and skin, body cavities and membranes, craniofacial region, cardiovascular system, respiratory and digestive system, urogenital system, and nervous system and eye and ear.
Product Description: This basic textbook of human embryology covers both clinical and molecular biological aspects of human development. It offers in-depth, thorough coverage of the latest information, including separate sections in each chapter on clinical relevance and experimental studies. Human Embryology also features a first rate, four-color art program with superb photographs and electronmicrographs.
Product Description: Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE. Text serves as a review of human embryology for preparation of the USMLE Step 1 exam. Each chapter consists of diagrams with a concise, comprehensive summary. Multiple choice questions follow each chapter. Features two-color illustrations with high-yield text. For residents. Softcover.
Product Description: The completely revised and updated New Edition delivers comprehensive, clearly written coverage of the development of the human embryo from conception to birth. Using a classical morphological approach to embryology, it offers mechanistic explanations for both normal and abnormal human development, enabling readers to understand development in terms of cellular and molecular controls. And, a wealth of reader-friendly features make this resource exceptionally user friendly.
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