A Text-Book of Embyrology For Students of Medicine

405 pp. 9 x 6. Illustrations throughout. CONTENTS: I. The Male and Female Sexual Elements, Maturation, Ovulation, Menstruation, Fertilization; II. The Segmentation of the Ovum and Formation of the Blastodermic Vesicle; III. The Germ-Layers and the Primitive Streak; IV. The Beginning Differentiation of the Embryo, the Neural Canal, The Chorda Dorsalis, the Mesoblastic Somites; V. The Formation of the Body-Wall, of the Intestinal Canal, and of the Fetal Membranes; VI. The Deciduae and the Embedding of the Ovum, the Placenta, the Umbilical Chord; VII. The Further Development of the External Form of the Body; VIII. The Development of the Connective Tissues of the Body, and of the Lymphatic System; IX. The Development of the Face and the Mouth Cavity; X. The Development of the Vascular System; XI. The Development of the Digestive System; XII. The Development of the Respiratory System; XIII. The Development of the Genito-Urinary System; XIV. The Development of the Skin and Its Appendages; XV. The Development of the Nervous System; XVI. The Development of the Sense-Organs; XVII. The Development of the Muscular System; XVIII. The Development of the Skeleton and of the Limbs; Tabulated Chronology of Development; Index.