Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology & Birth Defects) (Paperback)

by Keith L. Moore BA MSc PhD FIAC FRSM (Author), T. V. N. Persaud MD PhD DSc FRC Path(Lond) (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"A nice touch is the 'Clinically Orientated Questions' at the end of each chapter, which cover the kind of factual and ethical questions often posed by students of the subject."
Medical Student, University of Edinburgh, UK (review of previous edition)

Book Description
A concise, efficient way to master the essentials of normal and abnormal human embryology

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 7 edition (August 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416037055
• ISBN-13: 978-1416037057
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• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,335 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice if you hate Langman., December 13, 2007

By	J. Greene (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

UAMS listed Langman's Medical Embryology as our required embryo book. I hate Langman with a passion, as you can tell in my review of it. It is poorly written, contains less than useful 2-D figures making it difficult to visualize morphologic changes, and contains at least two errors in every single chapter (and I'm not talking about minutia; it's errors big enough that our lecturers have to mention them in class). So, I began searching for an alternate embryology book that covered the material in about the same depth as Langman. This is it. This book is concisely and CLEARLY written. It also contains more figures, and these figures have a 3-D feel to them that make embryology much more understandable. Also, it appears to have vastly fewer errors. If your medical school requires Langman, by all means get Langman. Many of my classmates find the book an enjoyable read, and this book isn't a Langman clone, so the information each book contains is slightly different. The author (Moore) is also the author of Clinically Oriented Anatomy (5th Edition), and he correlates embryologic structure to adult anatomy more than Langman, which I enjoy. But if you have Langman, hate it, and need a supplement, this delivers in spades.

5.0 out of 5 stars Before We Are Born review, November 12, 2008

By	Brittany "Brittany" (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This book is amazing. I needed it for an Embryo class and found it to be very easy to read and understand, full of useful and interesting knowledge. It even includes actual size pictures of the embryo and fetus. I highly recommend this book if you are taking any kind of anatomy class that teaches about early life stages. You will learn a lot and I plan to keep this book even for my Chiropractic practice after I graduate.

4.0 out of 5 stars a good beginners book, August 17, 2008

By	Gina Ambrose "gmard33" (philadelphia,pa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very good for first year medical students or others wanting to learn more about early development. Nice pictures and not especially difficult language/terminology.