The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology with Student Consult Online Access

by Keith L. Moore, Mark G. Torchia, T.V.N. Persaud

Book Overview

This popular text makes it surprisingly easy for you to gain an in-depth understanding of human embryology. Engaging and richly illustrated, it examines all aspects of human development, emphasising both basic concepts and relevant clinical problems. It presents a week-by-week and stage-by-stage view of how foetal organs and systems develop, why and when birth defects occur, and the roles the placenta and fetal membranes play in development.Editor Keith L. Moore, BA, MSc, PhD, FIAC, FRSM is the recipient of the first (2007) "Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Educator Award"-the American Association of Anatomists' highest award for excellence in human anatomy education at the medical/dental, graduate, and undergraduate level of teaching-a testament to his masterful teaching abilities, which help make this book such an effective tool for learning the complex subject of human embryology. Comprehensive, richly illustrated, and clinically oriented coverage equips you with a detailed grasp of human embryology. More than 1,800 crisp illustrations and up-to-date clinical photos bring the material to life. Review questions and answers at the end of each chapter test your knowledge and help you prepare for exams.Sweeping updates reflect all of the latest advances, including IVF, cloning, and genes in human development. Purchase of this Student Consult title includes access to the full contents online at www.studentconsult.com-as well as 18 remarkable, specially developed animations that bring embryological development to life, and hundreds of additional support questions and answers to test your mastery of the material. New contributors provide fresh perspectives on the latest knowledge. A new, more user-friendly, full-color format makes it easier than ever to master key embryology concepts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416037063
• ISBN13: 9781416037064
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Concise, comprehensive, and clinical

Good book. Better than Langeman's (SP?), which is just a bunch of droning about pathways. This is more developmental biology on a macro level.

Well written and great resource for experienced readers

This is an excellent embryology text IF you already have some background in medical anatomy, morphology, or embryology. Otherwise I reccomend "Before we are born" by the same authors. Same information but less dense and more easily read by a lay audience. The Developing Human is a very dense text and it has excellent clinical correlations in each chapter. This is a book intended for medical or graduate students, so be pack your lunch before sitting down to go through a chapter. I like the illustrations, but some of them (the cross sections) will require a bit of mental gymnastics before they become clear - but once you get it, they are a very helpful way to understand how the 3D structures are being represented. The new edition has expanded some chapters, simplified SOME of the concepts, and most importantly, it keeps current with new developments in the field and nomenclature. I teach medical gross anatomy, embryology, and musculoskeletal system courses to first year medical students.

Great condition

Book was sent in timely manner and in great condition just like described.

The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology

THIS BOOK HAS REALLY HELPED TO UNDESTAND ABOUT EMBRYOLOGY WITH RESPECT TO THE HOLY QURAN , A HOLY SCRIPTURE OF MUSLIMS. I AM A DIETICIAN AND PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THIS IS A BOOK WITH LEAST ERRORS FOR ONLY THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND...........

Easy to all people, including non-medical students

I highly recommend this book to all starters at embryology. But don't forget to buy an extra atlas, since the diagrams in this book need lots of imagination to understand.