Research Catalog

Title

Larsen's human embryology / Gary C. Schoenwolf [and others].

Publication

Philadelphia : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, [2009], ©2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schoenwolf, Gary C.
• Larsen, William J. (William James).

Description

xix, 687 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm

Summary

"Thoroughly revised and updated, Larsen's delivers comprehensive, clearly written coverage of the development of the human embryo from conception to birth, enabling you to understand this process in terms of its descriptive, clinical, genetic, and molecular biological aspects. It examines the relationship between basic science and embryology and describes clinical disorders arising from embryological problems."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Human embryology

Subjects

• Fetal Development
• Embryonic Development
• Embryology
• Embryology, Human

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Human embryology / William J. Larsen. 3rd ed. c2001.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Gametogenesis, Fertilization, and First Week -- 2. Second Week: Becoming Bilaminar and Fully Implanting -- 3. Third Week: Becoming Trilaminar and Establishing Body Axes -- 4. Fourth Week: Forming the Embryo -- 5. Principles and Mechanisms of Morphogenesis and Dysmorphogenesis -- 6. Fetal Development and the Fetus as Patient -- 7. Development of the Skin and Its Derivatives -- 8. Development of the Musculoskeletal System -- 9. Development of the Central Nervous System -- 10. Development of the Peripheral Nervous System -- 11. Development of the Respiratory System and Body Cavities -- 12. Development of the Heart -- 13. Development of the Vasculature -- 14. Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract -- 15. Development of the Urogenital System -- 16. Development of the Pharyngeal Apparatus and Face -- 17. Development of the Ears and Eyes -- 18. Development of the Limbs.

ISBN

• 9780443068119
• 0443068119

LCCN

2007025100

OCLC

• ocn144772323
• SCSB-8853751

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries