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Langman's Medical Embryology. 11th Edition. Sadler TW. Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010, softcover, 384 pp, $62.95.
Embryology is a foundational science that establishes a basis to understand normal development of organ and system structure and function, as well as congenital pathologies. This recently updated edition of Langman's Medical Embryology is a comprehensive and clinically relevant text. This text is divided into 3 main parts. Part 1 incorporates concepts of general embryology and Part 2 details embryologie development across the organ systems. In addition, there is an Appendix included in Part 3 and online resources for students and course instructors.
Part 1 opens with a presentation of contemporary theory and the science of...