The Developing Human

**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Anatomy/Embryology**

Providing an easy-to-digest, comprehensive review of what can be a complex and challenging subject, The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 12th Edition, covers all aspects of normal and abnormal embryonic and fetal development. In a clear, concise manner, this lavishly illustrated text has been extensively revised to incorporate recent research and current clinical practice guidelines, meeting the needs of medical and health sciences students as well as those in graduate programs. Online features include multiple-choice questions and narrated animations to further support student success.

"Since its debut in 1973, this book has been an integral component in the education of any health-related or general biology student undertaking the study of human anatomy, with a distinct clinical application throughout. It is an easy-to-digest and comprehensive review of a complex and challenging discipline.... The book's purpose is to help health and allied health, as well as undergraduate and graduate students alike navigate the complex topic of embryology with a clinical relevance.... Features of the textbook include its month-by-month and stage-by-stage guide through embryological systems development.... There is little doubt that this book is an industry leader in the discipline of embryology and continues to enhance and enrich the material covered in each new edition–an annual member of the core list of anatomy textbooks." ©Doody's Book Review Service, 2025, Brian MacPherson, PhD (University of Kentucky College of Medicine) Doody's Score: 98, 5 stars!