High-Yield Embryology, Third edition provides a concise, focused review of the most important embryology information needed for the USMLE Step 1.

Chapters cover:

• prefertilization events and the embryonic period
• embryologic development of each organ system
• chromosomal abnormalities
• inherited diseases
• teratology
• and more!

To prepare students for the clinical vignettes on the USMLE, the book includes numerous clinical cases with words and phrases that patients use. A mini-atlas at the end of each chapter presents photographs, MRIs, CT scans, and radiographs of various congenital malformations.

Contents

1. Prefertilization Events
2. Week 1 (Days 1-7)
3. Week 2 (Days 8-14)
4. Embryonic Period (Weeks 3-8)
5. Placenta, Amniotic Fluid, and Umbilical Cord
6. Cardiovascular System
7. Digestive System
8. Urinary System
9. Female Reproductive System
10. Male Reproductive System
11. Respiratory System
12. Head and Neck
13. Nervous System
14. Ear
15. Eye
16. Body Cavities
17. Integumentary System
18. Skeletal System
19. Muscular System
20. Pregnancy
21. Numerical Chromosomal Anomalies
22. Structural Chromosomal Anomalies
23. Single Gene Inherited Diseases
24. Multifactorial Inherited Diseases
25. Teratology

Index

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