Talk:Book - Aids to Embryology (1948)

AIDS

TO

EMBRYOLOGY

BY

J. S. BAXTER

M.A., M.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.S.I.

Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Bristol

FOURTH EDITION

LONDON

BAILLIERE, TINDALL AND COX

7 & 8, HENRIETTA ST., COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 2

1948

First Edition, May, 1928 Reprinted, March, 1933 Second Edition, October, 1934 Third Edition, April, 1938 Fourth Edition, February, 1948

BOOK

PRODUCTION WAR ECONOMY STANDARD

This book is produced in complete conformity with the authorized economy standards

Printed in Great Britain

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

INTRODUCTION ..... vii

I. THE GERM CELLS ..... I

II. SEGMENTATION AND GERM LAYER FORMATION 13

III. CHANGES IN THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT 20

IV. IMPLANTATION AND PLACENTATION . . 26

V. FORMATION OF THE EMBRYO. DETERMINATION OF AGE â€¢ .... 35

VI. THE SKIN AND ITS ACCESSORY STRUCTURES 40

VII. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM .... 44

VIII. DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE 63

IX. THE ALIMENTARY CANAL AND RELATED STRUCTURES ..... 75

X. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM ... 99

XI. THE C CELOMIC CAVITIES . . 132

XII. THE UROGENITAL SYSTEM . . 135

XIII. THE MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL SYSTEMS 1 56

XIV. THE TRANSMISSION OF HEREDITARY

CHARACTERS . . . . . 168

APPENDIX ...... 175

INDEX 177