Embriyology and Anatomy for Health Sciences

This book is intended to serve a wide audience, including medicine, densitry, pharmacist, vocational school of health, spor academia, biology and related fields.

"Anatomy and Embryology for Health Sciences" starts its way to readers in a time period when the world’s printed and electronic sources are saturated with anatomical information - whole spectrum books, atlases, schemata, digital texts and electronic sources are saturated with anatomical information - whole spectrum books, atlases, schemata, digital texts and visualizations are easy to access." Probably,  the irony of it is that exactly this situation has encouraged the authors to create a new study aid for those who have to master anatomy and embryology.

Authors of the book are well experienced and highly appreciated professors - Sarmite Boka and Mara Pilmane and their foreign colleague Vatan Kavak.

The book, supplemented with schematic pictures, contains a selection of the most necessary information for studies in anatomy and embryology. The book is composed in the best traditions of Riga School of the best traditions of Riga School of Morphology that has proved over the years Morphology that has proved over the years their compliance with the requirements for training qualified specialists in medicine and health care.

"Anatomia basis medicinae est". This book is a substantially new and qualitative contribution to the consolidation and development of the medical base.

Thanks are due to University of Riga Stradins for supporting us during the publication of this book.

EMBRYOLOGY

- Causes of human congenital malformations
- Experimental embryology
- Gametogenesis
- Phases of intrauterine development
- Fertilization
- Cleavage
- Bilaminar embryo
- Trilaminar embryo
- The carnegy system
- Molecular events during intrauterine life
- Germ layers
- Embryo folding
- Gravidity and birth
- Placentation and fetal membranes
- Morphofunctional bases of the labou
- Determination of age and maturity
- Methods of prenatal diagnoses
- Skeleton development
- Muscular system
- Integumentary system
- Cardiovascular system
- Development of the heart
- Blood vessels
- Fetal blood circulation
- Lymphatic system
- Urogenital system
- Pharyngeal (branchial) apparatus
- Facial development
- Endocrine system
- Development of digestive system
- Respiratory system
- Development of nervous system
- Sense organs

HUMAN ANATOMY

- Principal rules of formation of the human body
- Skeletal system
- Muscular system
- Systems of internal organs
- Endocrine glands
- Cardiovascular system
- Lymphoid system
- Nervous system