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Before we are born essentials of embryology and birth defects

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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...

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Main Author: Moore, Keith L.
Other Authors: Persaud, T. V. N., Torchia, Mark G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA Saunders/Elsevier 2013
Edition:8th ed., international ed.
Subjects:
Embryonic Development
Congenital Abnormalities
Embryology > Methods
Fetal Development
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to human embryology
  • Human reproduction
  • The first week of human development
  • The second week of human development
  • The third week of human development
  • Organogenetic period : the fourth to eighth weeks of human development
  • Fetal period : ninth week to birth
  • Placenta and fetal membranes
  • Human birth defects
  • Body cavities, mesenteries, and diaphragm
  • The pharyngeal (branchial) apparatus
  • The respiratory system
  • The digestive system
  • The urogenital system
  • The cardiovascular system
  • The skeletal system
  • The muscular system
  • The limbs
  • The nervous system
  • The eye and ear
  • The integumentary system.

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