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Cardiac development / Margaret L. Kirby ; illustrated by Karen Waldo.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kirby, Margaret L., author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Heart--Growth.
Heart.
Heart--embryology.
Heart--growth & development.
Heart--innervation.
Heart Conduction System--embryology.
Myocardium.
Medical Subjects:
Heart--embryology.
Heart--growth & development.
Heart--innervation.
Heart Conduction System--embryology.
Myocardium.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Kirby posits an understanding of heart tube formation from the cardiogenic fields. The book covers topics that are often omitted from discussions of heart development, such as myocardial function, cardiac innervation, conduction system development, evolutionary developmental biology of the heart, and myocardial stem cells.
Contents:
An overview of cardiac morphogenesis
Vascular development
Cardiogenic fields and heart tube formation
Induction and differentiation of the working myocardium
Functional developmental biology of the myocardium / by Tony Creazzo
Development of the inflow and outflow segments
Molecular control of looping
chamber specification and ventricular septation
Endocardium, cardiac cushions and valve development
Epicardium and coronary vessel development
Neural crest, great arteries and outflow septation
Development of the cardiac pacemaking and conduction system
Innervation of the developing heart
Evolutionary developmental biology of the heart / co-authored with Fred Schachat
Some new insights into the embryogenesis of heart
Myocardial stem cells.
Notes:
Formerly CIP.
Previously issued in print: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-19-029236-9
0-19-770589-8
1-282-54354-7
9786612543548
0-19-972086-X
OCLC:
748211843

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