Tao Le, MD, MHS, is Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Louisville. He is also affiliated with the Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Contributing AuthorsFaculty ReviewersPrefaceHow to Use This BookAcknowledgmentsHow to ContributeChapter 1: CardiovascularEmbryologyAnatomyPhysiologyPathologyImagingPharmacologyChapter 2: EndocrineHypothalamus and PituitaryThyroid and ParathyroidAdrenal GlandPancreasChapter 3: GastrointestinalEmbryologyAnatomyPhysiologyPathologyPharmacologyChapter 4: Hematology and OncologyEmbryologyAnatomyPathologyPharmacologyChapter 5: Musculoskeletal and Connective TissueEmbryologyAnatomyPhysiologyPathologyPharmacologyChapter 6: NeurologyEmbryologyHistologyPathologyPharmacologyChapter 7: PsychiatryBasic Definitions and ConceptsPathologyChapter 8: RenalEmbryologyAnatomyHistologyPhysiologyPathologyPharmacologyChapter 9: ReproductiveEmbryologyAnatomyPhysiologyPathology--MalePathology--FemalePharmacologyChapter 10: RespiratoryEmbryologyAnatomyHistologyPhysiologyPathologyIndexAbout the Editors

First Aid for the Basic Sciences: Organ Systems, Third Edition is a unique single-source review of the entire second year medical school curriculum. This full-color, richly illustrated, and engagingly written resource provides readers with a solid understanding of basic sciences relative to human organ systems which all medical students must be familiar. When used with the companion review First Aid for the Basic Sciences: General Principles, Third Edition, this powerful combination distills must-know course information to help students survive their first two years of medical school and provides an in-depth review for the USMLE Step 1.