num_pages: 406
description: This is the condensed version of Human Embryology 2E by William J Larsen. This concise textbook provides detailed coverage of the concepts and principles that underlie human development. The book meets the needs of medical students in gross anatomy and embryology courses and provides a view of exciting applications that are currently in use or are on the horizon. Summaries at the beginning of each chapter facilitate review. Full-page timelines illustrate embryonic development over days, weeks, and months. The book's author maintains a worldwide web site that complements the coverage found in Essentials of Human Embryology ( This web site features animated sequences, based on the book's 3-D drawings, that demonstrate developmental mechanics.The web site also includes a self-testing program, as well as updates that present new regular advances in human developmental biology and clinical practice.
language: English
title: Essentials of Human Embryology
titlecomplete: Essentials of Human Embryology
publisher: Churchill Livingstone