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Author Brookes, Murray

Title Clinical embryology : a color atlas and text / Murray Brookes, Anthony Zietman
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Introduction: The scope of embryology -- Prenatal growth 1 -- Prenatal growth 2 -- Mitosis and the cell cycle -- Meiosis -- Anomalies of chromosomal number 1 -- Anomalies of chromosomal number 2 -- Aberrant sex chromosomes -- Spermatogenesis -- Oogensis -- Menstrual cycle and fertilization -- Embryogensis 1 (0 to 14 days) -- Embryogensis 2 (third week) -- Embryogensis (fourth week) -- Contraception 1 -- Contraception 2 -- Coelom -- Lungs and pleurae -- Congenital malformations : trachea, esophagus, and lungs -- Diaphragm -- Cardiovascular system : early development -- The pre-septate heart : weeks 5 and 6 -- Cardiac septation : weeks 7 and 8 -- Septation of the truncus -- Great vessels : arteries -- Great vessels : veins (1) -- Great vessels : veins (2) -- Congenital cardiac abnormality 1 -- Congenital cardiac abnormality 2 -- -- Congenital cardiac abnormality 3 -- Embryonic circulation -- Modifications in the embryonic circulation -- Fetal circulation -- Fetal to postnatal circulation -- The alimentary tract -- The liver and biliary tract -- Hepatic ligaments and blood vessels -- Stomach and spleen -- Dorsal mesogastrium -- Rotation of the gut -- Duodenum and pancreas -- Abnormalities of the gut 1 -- Abnormalities of the gut 2 -- Neural crest and adrenal medulla -- Adrenal cortex -- Precursor kidneys -- Metanephros -- Congenital renal abnormality -- Uretur and bladder -- Congenital abnormalities of the ureter and bladder -- Reproductive organs -- Development of the testis and its ducts -- Descent of the testis -- The prostate gland -- The prostatic utricle -- The ovary, uterus, and vagina -- Disorders of sexual differentiation 1 -- Disorders of sexual differentiation 2 -- Placentation -- The neck -- The face -- The nasal passages and palate -- The tongue, thyroid gland, and larynx -- The mouth, teeth, and pituitary gland -- The pharyngeal arch system -- The ear -- The eye -- The spinal cord and brain -- The skull -- The vertebrae and lymphatics -- The skin and adnexae -- The limbs -- Congenital limb abnormality -- The premature infant -- Mechanisms of normal development -- Infertility, assisted conception, and cloning
Summary Clinical Embryology: A Color Atlas and Text illuminates the complex process of both normal and abnormal prenatal human development. Vivid color photographs and drawings clarify difficult concepts and bring contemporary clinical examples to life. The unique layout of this reference offers readily accessible, detailed textual accounts on each left-hand page, illustrated by color examples on the corresponding right-hand page. Each section of the atlas includes pertinent case reports, clinical photographs, radiologic studies, and examples from the pathology lab - emphasizing the importance of embryology across the field of medicine
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-321) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Embryology, Human -- Atlases
Human embryo -- Diseases -- Atlases
Human embryo -- Abnormalities -- Atlases
Embryology.
Embryology
MEDICAL -- Physiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Embryology
Embryology, Human
Human embryo -- Abnormalities
Human embryo -- Diseases
Embryologie.
Embryologie -- Atlas géographiques.
Embryologie humaine -- Atlas géographiques.
Genre/Form atlases.
Scientific atlases
Atlases
Atlases.
Atlas.
Form Electronic book
Author Zietman, Anthony
ISBN 9781482264463
1482264463
0429159668
9780429159664