Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects, by Drs. Keith L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud, and Mark G. Torchia, allows you to efficiently and quickly assimilate the most important concepts related to this subject. Concise and richly illustrated, this popular book delivers the embryology knowledge you need in a highly efficient, reader-friendly manner. You can also access the complete contents online at www.studentconsult.com, along with 17 remarkable animations, downloadable illustrations, additional review questions and answers, and more.

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

2 HUMAN REPRODUCTION

3 FIRST WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT

4 SECOND WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT

5 THIRD WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT

6 DEVELOPMENT DURING WEEKS FOUR TO EIGHT

7 FETAL PERIOD: THE NINTH WEEK TO BIRTH

8 PLACENTA AND FETAL MEMBRANES

9 BODY CAVITIES, MESENTERIES, AND DIAPHRAGM

10 PHARYNGEAL APPARRATUS

11 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

12 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM

13 UROGENITAL SYSTEM&' 'nbsp;

14 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

15 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

16 NERVOUS SYSTEM

17 EYES AND EARS

18 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

19 HUMAN BIRTH DEFECTS

20 THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF DEVELOPMent