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Human Embryology and Developmental Biology
- 7th Edition - August 26, 2023
- Author: Bruce M. Carlson
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 1 6 8 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 1 8 0 - 7
Bruce Carlson’s Human Embryology and Developmental Biology is one of the most detailed texts available for those who want to truly understand both the morphological and molecular… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBruce Carlson’s Human Embryology and Developmental Biology is one of the most detailed texts available for those who want to truly understand both the morphological and molecular aspects of human embryological development.
Fully updated in its seventh edition, the book provides a thorough grounding in all aspects of embryology. It presents in detail the molecular and cellular basis for embryological processes, from early development through to development of body systems. It covers examples of congenital malformations and their underlying mechanisms, and comes complete with clinical vignettes and review questions to support learning.
This book will suit medical and science students taking embryology courses as well as scientists and clinicians who find themselves returning to this topic throughout their careers.
- Clear and consistent writing style – highly readable and well-focused
- Extensively illustrated to demystify complex topics
- Good selection of original photographs of congenital anomalies to assist with identification
- Review questions and suggested readings for further learning
- Series of animations of complex embryological processes to accompany the text explanations
- Clinical correlation boxes, vignettes and summary boxes for quick revision
- An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Medical and Science students taking Embryology courses (both US and international). Graduate/Undergraduate courses focusing on mammalian and human development, e.g. genetic counselling. Graduate Students taking Developmental Biology.
- Instructions for online access
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface to the Seventh Edition
- Developmental Tables
- Part I. Early Developmental and the Fetal-Maternal Relationship
- 1. Getting Ready for Pregnancy
- GAMETOGENESIS
- PREPARATION OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT FOR PREGNANCY
- HORMONAL INTERACTIONS INVOLVED WITH REPRODUCTION IN MALES
- SUMMARY
- 2. Transport of Gametes and Fertilization
- OVULATION AND EGG AND SPERM TRANSPORT
- FERTILIZATION
- Summary
- 3. Molecular Basis of and Genetic Methods for Studying Embryonic Development
- FUNDAMENTAL MOLECULAR PROCESSES IN DEVELOPMENT
- GENETIC METHODS FOR STUDYING EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
- SUMMARY
- 4. Cleavage and Implantation
- CLEAVAGE
- EMBRYO TRANSPORT AND IMPLANTATION
- SUMMARY
- 5. Formation of Germ Layers and Early Derivatives
- TWO-GERM-LAYER STAGE
- GASTRULATION AND THE THREE EMBRYONIC GERM LAYERS
- INDUCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- CELL ADHESION MOLECULES
- SUMMARY
- 6. Establishment of the Basic Embryonic Body Plan
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECTODERMAL GERM LAYER
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE MESODERMAL GERM LAYER
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENDODERMAL GERM LAYER
- BASIC STRUCTURE OF A 4-WEEK-OLD EMBRYO
- SUMMARY
- 7. Placenta and Extraembryonic Membranes
- EXTRAEMBRYONIC TISSUES
- CHORION AND PLACENTA
- PLACENTAL PHYSIOLOGY
- PLACENTA AND MEMBRANES IN MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES
- SUMMARY
- 8. Developmental Disorders: Causes, Mechanisms, and Patterns
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- CAUSES OF MALFORMATIONS
- DEVELOPMENTAL DISTURBANCES RESULTING IN MALFORMATIONS
- SUMMARY
- Part II. Development of the Body Systems
- 9. Integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems
- INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
- SKELETON
- AXIAL SKELETON
- MUSCULAR SYSTEM
- SUMMARY
- 10. Limb Development
- INITIATION OF LIMB DEVELOPMENT
- REGULATIVE PROPERTIES AND AXIAL DETERMINATION
- OUTGROWTH OF LIMB BUD
- MORPHOGENETIC CONTROL OF EARLY LIMB DEVELOPMENT
- DEVELOPMENT OF LIMB TISSUES
- SUMMARY
- 11. Nervous System
- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- EARLY SHAPING OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- HISTOGENESIS WITHIN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- CRANIOCAUDAL PATTERN FORMATION AND SEGMENTATION
- PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
- LATER STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- VENTRICLES, MENINGES, AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FORMATION
- CRANIAL NERVES
- DEVELOPMENT OF NEURAL FUNCTION
- SUMMARY
- 12. Neural Crest
- DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF THE NEURAL CREST
- MAJOR DIVISIONS OF THE NEURAL CREST
- Summary
- 13. Sense Organs
- EYE
- EAR
- SUMMARY
- 14. Head and Neck
- EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEAD AND NECK
- ESTABLISHING THE PATTERN OF THE CRANIOFACIAL REGION
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACIAL REGION
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHARYNX AND ITS DERIVATIVES
- Summary
- 15. Digestive and Respiratory Systems and Body Cavities
- DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
- RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- BODY CAVITIES
- SUMMARY
- 16. Urogenital System
- URINARY SYSTEM
- GENITAL SYSTEM
- SEXUAL DUCT SYSTEM
- EXTERNAL GENITALIA
- SUMMARY
- 17. Cardiovascular System
- DEVELOPMENT OF BLOOD AND THE VASCULAR SYSTEM
- DEVELOPMENT AND PARTITIONING OF THE HEART
- FETAL CIRCULATION
- SUMMARY
- 18. Fetal Period and Birth
- GROWTH AND FORM OF THE FETUS
- FETAL PHYSIOLOGY
- Parturition
- Adaptations to Postnatal Life
- Overview
- Summary
- Answers to Clinical Vignettes and Review Questions
- Index
- No. of pages: 528
- Language: English
- Edition: 7
- Published: August 26, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323881685
- eBook ISBN: 9780323881807
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Bruce M. Carlson
Bruce M. Carlson, MD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Anatomy in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology in the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. He served as chair of that department from 1998-2000. He is also Research Professor Emeritus in the school’s Institute of Gerontology, of which he was the director from 2000 to 2003. Professor Carlson writes the majority of the book himself but he has suggested that he may bring in one or two contributors this time round to cover areas that he is not as up to date on as he once was. We have spoken about bringing in a co-author and he is open for this to happen for the 7th edition when he has had time to find someone suitable.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology; Director, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI