Product Description

This popular text makes it surprisingly easy to gain an in-depth understanding of human embryology. Engaging and richly illustrated, it examines all aspects of human development, emphasizing both basic concepts and relevant clinical problems. The book presents a week-by-week and stage-by-stage view of how fetal organs and systems develop, why and when birth defects occur, and what roles the placenta and fetal membranes play in development. The comprehensively updated 8th edition comes with access to the complete contents online via Student Consult, plus 18 phenomenal embryology animations, additional review questions and answers, and more.

• 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59413 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 536 pages

Review
"...packed with excellent and colourful pictures of explaining how the various structures develop and change with time...Basically this is a good choice for someone who likes embryology and wants to get a good mark, not just a pass." Medical Student, University of Nottingham, UK (review of previous edition)

BMA Book Awards 2008 - Highly Commended

"An up-to-date textbook on embryology for medical students with a relevance far beyond that. There is abundant illustration of the text and extensive clinical correlation. An extremely accessible book that has a lot more clinical correlation than its previous editions. It's a pleasure to use."

Customer Reviews

Good Book
This is a well written textbook and has good pictures with good captions. The book was also in excellent condition and I was very happy with the buy.

terrible online content and assistance
do yourself a favor and buy this book used. The online student consult is a joke! It took me forever to even access the website because the URL on the book is wrong, I only found it through google. Then I tried to register. That didn't work. I finally found a number for tech support. When I called, not only was tech support very rude, but they informed me that the website does not work with safari and they recommend using firefox or internet explorer (which, by the way, is not stated anywhere on the book). So I finally got it working but the content is really not worth it. Save your money and buy it used... or better yet, use a different book with better online content and better tech support.

No less than what I would expect from a Moore book
The book I confess was surprisingly small in comparison to his anatomy book, however its very easy reading and very complete, I gave him a star less because the stages before fertilization are to short, they lack of a deeper look.