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Possums (1952), by Carl G. Hartman
By: Gia Goodman, Karen Wellner
| Published: Dec 02, 2013
Possums is a 174-page book consisting of a series of essays written about the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), the only living marsupial in…
LiteratureVirginia opossumEmbryologyMarsupialsNatural history
Gunther von Hagens' Plastination Technique
By: Britta Martinez
| Published: Oct 24, 2012
Plastination is a technique for preserving tissues, organs, and whole bodies for medical purposes and public display. Gunther von Hagens invented a…
TechnologyPlastinationHuman bodyAnatomical museumsHuman Anatomy
Gunther von Hagens (1945- )
By: Britta Martinez
| Published: Oct 10, 2012
Gunther von Hagens invented a plastination technique and created Body Worlds, a traveling exhibit that has made anatomy part of the public domain.…
PlastinationHuman bodyAnatomical museumsHuman AnatomyEmbryos
Fetus in Fetu
By: Corinne DeRuiter
| Published: May 30, 2012
Fetus in fetu is a rare variety of parasitic twins , where the developmentally abnormal parasitic twin is completely encapsulated within the torso of…
FetusEmbryosfetal developmentPregnancyFetus--Abnormalities
Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS)
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: Jan 10, 2014
Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) can occur in children whose mothers contracted the rubella virus, sometimes called German measles, during pregnancy…
RubellaRubella in pregnancyRubella virusPregnancyEmbryos
Body Worlds
By: Britta Martinez
| Published: Nov 27, 2012
Body Worlds is an exhibition featuring plastinates, human bodies that have been preserved using a plastination process. First displayed in 1995 in…
OrganizationPlastinationHuman bodyAnatomical museumsHuman Anatomy
Teratogens
By: Chanapa Tantibanchachai
| Published: Jan 22, 2014
Teratogens are substances that may produce physical or functional defects in the human embryo or fetus after the pregnant woman is exposed to the…
Abnormalities, HumanFetusPregnancyTeratogenicity testingEmbryos