The Developing Human

Klappentext This popular text makes it surprisingly easy for you to gain an in-depth understanding of human embryology. Engaging and richly illustrated! it examines all aspects of human development! emphasising both basic concepts and relevant clinical problems. It presents a week-by-week and stage-by-stage view of how foetal organs and systems develop! why and when birth defects occur! and the roles the placenta and fetal membranes play in development Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction to The Developing Human 2. The Beginning of Human Development: First Week 3. Formation of Bilaminar Embryonic Disc: Second Week 4. Formation of Germ Layers and Early Tissue and Organ Differentiation: Third Week 5. Organogenetic Period: Fourth to Eighth Weeks 6. The Fetal Period: Ninth Week to Birth 7. Placenta and Fetal Membranes 8. Body Cavities! Mesenteries! and Diaphragm 9. The Pharyngeal Apparatus 10. The Respiratory System 11. The Digestive System 12. The Urogenital System 13. The Cardiovascular System 14. The Skeletal System 15. The Muscular System 16. The Limbs 17. The Nervous System 18. The Eye and Ear 19. The Integumentary System 20. Congenital Anatomical Anomalies or Human Birth Defects 21. Common Signaling Pathways Used During Development Appendix: Discussion of Clinically Oriented Problems

Product details

• Authors: Keith L. Moore, T. V. N. Persaud, T.V.N. Persaud, Trivedi V. N. Persaud
• Publisher: Saunders Company Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2007
• EAN: 9781416037064
• ISBN: 978-1-4160-3706-4
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 275 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Saunders W.B.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine