Research Catalog

Title

Before we are born : essentials of embryology and birth defects / Keith L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud ; with the collaboration of Mark G. Torchia.

Author

Moore, Keith L.

Publication

Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Persaud, T. V. N.
• Torchia, Mark G.

Description

x, 353 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm

Subjects

• Fetal Development
• Embryology > methods
• Congenital Abnormalities
• Embryonic Development
• Abnormalities, Human
• Embryology, Human
• Embryologie humaine
• Embryologie
• Fœtus > Malformations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-325) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction to Human Embryology -- 2. Human Reproduction -- 3. The First Week of Human Development -- 4. The Second Week of Human Development -- 5. The Third Week of Human Development -- 6. Human Development during Weeks Four to Eight -- 7. The Fetal Period: The Ninth Week to Birth -- 8. The Placenta and the Fetal Membranes -- 9. Body Cavities and Mesenteries -- 10. Pharyngeal Apparatus -- 11. The Respiratory System -- 12. The Alimentary or Digestive System -- 13. The Urogenital System -- 14. The Cardiovascular System -- 15. The Musculoskeletal System -- 16. The Nervous System -- 17. The Eye and Ear -- 18. The Integumentary System -- 19. Human Birth Defects.

ISBN

• 1416037055
• 9781416037057
• 0808923986 (International ed.)
• 9780808923985 (International ed.)

LCCN

2006039362

OCLC

• ocm76828939
• 76828939
• SCSB-5398757

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries