Human Embryology and Developmental Biology: With Student Consult Online Access

By Bruce M. Carlson

Book Overview

British Medical Association Book Awards 2009 - Highly Commended, Obstetrics and Gynaecology

This thoroughly revised 4th edition offers both clear descriptions and explanations of human embryonic development based on all the most up-to-date scientific discoveries and understanding. Particular attention is paid to the fundamental aspects of molecular mechanisms in development, introducing you to major families of important developmental molecules. Clinical aspects of development are covered throughout in boxed sections of text. First-rate illustrations and Student Consult access, including online animations, complete this essential package.Integrates contemporary developmental knowledge with classical embryological understanding.
Interprets complex molecular developments, to help you learn how exactly the embryo develops.
Presents first-rate clinical photos and clear drawings, to help you to memorize and understand normal and abnormal development.
Uses clear sections within the chapter and summaries at the end of each to help you navigate this complex subject.
Includes review questions at the end of each chapter to help you assess your knowledge.Provides more coverage of molecular development to help you interpret complex information.
Helps you to understand the full 3-D development of the embryo and the shapes of the developing forms using detailed animations on Student Consult.
Revises the section on the development of the head, particularly useful for dental students.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323053858
• ISBN13: 9780323053853
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

The best embryology book

I use the book to my embryology class and I have to say that is the best book of embryology I find. The contents are very up-date, and handle much information of the molecular basis of the development and the genes that are expressed in every step of the human development. The book have a very good redaction and the gene information of the book is the best one. It's a very up-dated book.

It is a good basic book in developmental biology.

Carlson's "Human embriology and developmental biology" is a good book for biology and, most of all, medicine students, who want to understand the basical principles of development. It doesn't have a lot of developmental anatomy, but it explains clearly and simply the ultimate advances in experimental embriology. If you are for the first time studying developmental biology, you should read it. It also contains at the end of each chapter a lot references, which will help you if you want to learn more about any specific topic.