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Concise Clinical Embryology: an Integrated, Case-Based Approach
- 1st Edition - December 30, 2020
- Authors: Mark G. Torchia, T. V. N. Persaud
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 9 6 1 5 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 9 6 8 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 9 6 1 6 - 6
Written by the authors of the renowned embryology textbooks The Developing Human and Before We Are Born, Concise Clinical Embryology: An Integrated, Case-Based Approach offers… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWritten by the authors of the renowned embryology textbooks The Developing Human and Before We Are Born, Concise Clinical Embryology: An Integrated, Case-Based Approach offers essential, high-yield information and high-quality clinical cases to illustrate key principles of embryology and their relevance to everyday practice. Ideally tailored to the needs of today’s medical students and medical courses, this concise text clearly explains how embryology relates to other medical disciplines and its importance in safe, effective clinical practice. Abundant illustrations throughout help you grasp highly visual concepts quickly and easily.
- Provides easily digestible, clinically oriented coverage of human development, establishing key principles in a week-by-week, stage-by-stage approach, before moving on to fetal organ development by body system.
- Includes clinical cases and follow-up questions in each chapter that help relate key principles to everyday practice, aid in problem-based learning, and offer review for exam preparation.
- Covers the latest advances in embryology, including normal and abnormal embryogenesis, causes of birth defects, and the role of genes in human development.
- Contains superb illustrations from cover to cover, including diagnostic images, full color figures, histology, and more.
- Summarizes molecular biology highlights throughout the text.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access 18 3D animations with expert commentary, plus all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Medical Students, Dental students; Students in nursing and health professions programs; graduate/undergraduate courses focusing on human development, developmental biology, biomedical sciences, clinical embryology
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Video Table of Contents
- Section 1: General Development of the Embryo and Fetus
- 1: Introduction
- Abstract
- Using This Textbook
- Clinical Issues
- 2: Reproductive Organs and Gametogenesis
- Abstract
- Puberty
- Male Reproductive Organs
- Female Reproductive Organs
- Gametogenesis
- Sperm Characteristics and Development
- Oocyte Characteristics and Development
- Female Reproductive Cycle
- Clinical Issues
- 3: Fertilisation and Reproductive Technologies
- Abstract
- Fertilisation
- Cleavage of the Zygote and Formation of the Blastocyst
- Clinical Issues
- 4: Implantation and Week 2
- Abstract
- Implantation
- Bilaminar Embryo
- Clinical Issues
- 5: Weeks 3 to 8—General Organogenesis
- Abstract
- Gastrulation
- Notochord
- Neurulation
- Somites
- Primitive Circulatory System
- Chorionic Villi
- Folding
- Clinical Issues
- 6: Placentation and Membranes
- Abstract
- Placentation and Membranes
- Placenta and Immunity
- Fetal and Maternal Placental Circulation
- Placental Function and Transportation
- Amniotic Cavity and Fluid
- Umbilical Cord
- Clinical Issues
- 7: Fetal and Neonatal Period
- Abstract
- Assessment of the Embryo and Fetus
- Fetal Period
- Parturition
- Clinical Issues
- Section 2: Development of Organ Systems
- 8: Development of the Cardiovascular, Haematopoietic and Lymphatic Systems
- Abstract
- Development of the Heart
- Vascular System
- Circulatory Patterns
- Haematogenesis
- Development of the Lymphatic System
- Clinical Issues
- 9: Development of the Body Cavities, Diaphragm, Respiratory System, and Head and Neck
- Abstract
- Development of Body Cavities
- Development of the Head and Neck
- Clinical Issues
- 10: Development of the Nervous System, Eyes and Ears
- Abstract
- Development of the Nervous System
- Development of the Eyes
- Development of the Ears
- Clinical Issues
- 11: Development of the Alimentary System
- Abstract
- Development of the Alimentary System
- Midgut
- Hindgut
- Enteric Nervous System
- Clinical Issues
- 12: Development of the Urogenital System
- Abstract
- Development of the Urinary System
- Development of the Genital System
- Adrenal Glands
- Clinical Issues
- 13: Development of Skeletal, Muscular and Integumentary Systems
- Abstract
- Skeletal System
- Development of the Integumentary System
- Clinical Issues
- 14: Teratogenesis and Birth Defects
- Abstract
- Chromosomal and Genetic Defects
- Birth Defects Caused by Environmental Factors
- Clinical Considerations
- Multiple Choice Question Answers
- Index
- No. of pages: 128
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 30, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323696159
- eBook ISBN: 9780323696814
- eBook ISBN: 9780323696166
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Mark G. Torchia
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Associate Professor, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences; Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaTP
T. V. N. Persaud
Affiliations and expertise
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 Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada