Langman's medical embryology / T.W. Sadler, Ph. D., Consultant, Birth Defects Prevention, Twin Bridges, Madison County, Montana, Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Visiting Professor of Embroyology, East Tennessee State University, Quillen School of Medicine, Senior Scholar, Greenwood Genetics Center, Greenwood, South Carolina ; computer illustrations by Susan L. Sadler-Redmond ; scanning electron micrographs by Kathy Tosney ; ultrasound images by Jan Byrne and Hytham Imseis.

Includes index.

Introduction to molecular regulation and signaling -- Gametogenesis: conversion of germ cells into male and female gametes -- First week of development: ovulation to implantation -- Second week of development: bilaminar germ disc -- Third week of development: trilaminar germ disc -- Third to eighth weeks: the embryonic period -- The gut tube and the body cavities -- Third month to birth: the fetus and placenta -- Birth defects and prenatal diagnosis -- The axial skeleton -- Muscular system -- Limbs -- Cardiovascular system -- Respiratory system -- Digestive system -- Urogenital system -- Head and neck -- Central nervous system -- Ear -- Eye-- Integumentary system.