Main description:

This new edition has been fully revised to provide undergraduate medical students with the latest information on human embryology.

Beginning with an introduction to the topic, the following chapters guide students step by step though the complete process of human development.

Presented in an easy to read format, the tenth edition includes numerous images and illustrations and a ‘Timetable of Events’ at the end of each chapter summarises the developmental processes described in that section. The accompanying CD ROM reiterates the key learning points in the book.

Key points

• Fully revised, new edition presenting latest information on human embryology


• ‘Timetable of Events’ in each chapter summarises developmental processes


• Includes CD highlighting key learning points


• Previous edition published in 2012

Contents:

1. Some Preliminary Considerations


2. Spermatogenesis and Oogenesis


3. The Menstrual Cycle


4. Formation of Germ Layers


5. Further Development of Embryonic Disc


6. The Placenta, Fetal Membranes, Twinning


7. Formation of Tissues of the Body


8. The Skin and Its Appendages


9. The Pharyngeal Arches


10. The Skeleton


11. Face, Nose and Palate


12. Alimentary System—I: Mouth, Pharynx and Related Structures


13. Alimentary System—II: Gastrointestinal Tract


14. The Liver and Biliary Apparatus, The Pancreas and Spleen; The Respiratory System; The Body Cavities and Diaphragm


15. Cardiovascular System


16. The Nervous System


17. Hypophysis Cerebri, Pineal, Adrenal


18. The Eye and Ear