Embryology Textbooks - UNSW

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The UNSW Library currently provides online access (through MD Consult) to the two recommended embryology textbooks. A UNSW Zpass is required to use any of the textbook chapter links listed below. Note that if you do not have online access, relevant chapters from several textbooks are listed on each notes page. The third listed textbook (Developmental Biology) relates more generally to development in many different species and is freely available online (requires no login).

These online textbooks only available to current UNSW students. Other students see Embryology Textbooks

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--Mark Hill 15:38, 3 June 2012 (EST) Links to the earlier (8th ed.) of The Developing Human will no longer function, please use the new (9th ed.) links listed below. The current faculty UNSW Library Outreach Librarian is Kate Dunn (Phone +61 2 9385 1012 kate.dunn@unsw.edu.au)

The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology

The Developing Human

Keith L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud, Mark G. Torchia. (2011). The Developing Human: clinically oriented embryology (9^th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders.

Description: xix, 540 p. p. : ill., ports. Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, c2013. ISBN: 9781437720020 (pbk.) NLM Unique ID: 101561564

The following chapter links only work with a UNSW connection.

• Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Developing Human

• Chapter 2 – First Week of Human Development

• Chapter 3 – Second Week of Human Development

• Chapter 4 – Third Week of Human Development

• Chapter 5 – Fourth to Eighth Weeks of Human Development

• Chapter 6 – Ninth Week to Birth: The Fetal Period

• Chapter 7 - Placenta and Fetal Membranes

• Chapter 8 – Body Cavities and Diaphragm

• Chapter 9 – Pharyngeal Apparatus, Face, and Neck

• Chapter 10 – Respiratory System

• Chapter 11 – Alimentary System

• Chapter 12 - Urogenital System

• Chapter 13 - Cardiovascular System

• Chapter 14 - Skeletal System

• Chapter 15 - Muscular System

• Chapter 16 – Development of Limbs

• Chapter 17 – Nervous System

• Chapter 18 – Development of Eyes and Ears

• Chapter 19 – Integumentary System

• Chapter 20 – Human Birth Defects

• Chapter 21 – Common Signaling Pathways Used During Development

• Appendix : Discussion of Clinically Oriented Problems

Larsen’s Human Embryology

Larsen’s Human Embryology

Schoenwolf, G.C., Bleyl, S.B., Brauer, P.R. and Francis-West, P.H. (2009). Larsen’s Human Embryology (4th ed.). New York; Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

The following chapter links only work with a UNSW connection.

• Chapter 1 - Gametogenesis, Fertilization, and First Week

• Chapter 2 - Second Week: Becoming Bilaminar and Fully Implanting

• Chapter 3 - Third Week: Becoming Trilaminar and Establishing Body Axes

• Chapter 4 - Fourth Week: Forming the Embryo

• Chapter 5 - Principles and Mechanisms of Morphogenesis and Dysmorphogenesis

• Chapter 6 - Fetal Development and the Fetus as Patient

• Chapter 7 - Development of the Skin and Its Derivatives

• Chapter 8 - Development of the Musculoskeletal System

• Chapter 9 - Development of the Central Nervous System

• Chapter 10 - Development of the Peripheral Nervous System

• Chapter 11 - Development of the Respiratory System and Body Cavities

• Chapter 12 - Development of the Heart

• Chapter 13 - Development of the Vasculature

• Chapter 14 - Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract

• Chapter 15 - Development of the Urogenital System

• Chapter 16 - Development of the Pharyngeal Apparatus and Face

• Chapter 17 - Development of the Ears and Eyes

• Chapter 18 - Development of the Limbs

Online Textbook Access (2011)

Book Title Publisher Collection ISBN Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD Moore & Persaud: The Developing Human Elsevier Other 978-1-4160-3706-4 0 1 60 81 2671 977 64 306 293 371 17 44 4885 Schoenwolf: Larsen's Human Embryology Elsevier Other 978-0-443-06811-9 0 2 23 290 2452 759 25 287 622 361 73 28 4922

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Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

Citation: Developmental Biology, 6th ed., Gilbert, Scott F; Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates; 2000. ISBN-10: 0-87893-243-7

This more general development textbook edition is freely available online through NCBI Bookshelf.

• Developmental Biology. 6th edition.Gilbert SF. Preface.
• Snapshot Summary: Fertilization.In: Chapter 7, Fertilization: Beginning a new organism.
• Snapshot Summary: Early Invertebrate Development.In: Chapter 8, Early development in selected invertebrates.
• Snapshot Summary: Drosophila Development and Axis Specification.In: Chapter 9, The genetics of axis specification in Drosophila.
• Snapshot Summary: Early Development and Axis Formation in Amphibians.In: Chapter 10, Early development and axis formation in amphibians.
• Snapshot Summary: The Early Development of Vertebrates.In: Chapter 11, The early development of vertebrates: Fish, birds, and mammals.
• Snapshot Summary: Central Nervous System and Epidermis.In: Chapter 12, The central nervous system and the epidermis.
• Snapshot Summary: Neural Crest Cells and Axonal Specificity.In: Chapter 13, Neural crest cells and axonal specificity.
• Snapshot Summary: Paraxial and Intermediate Mesoderm.In: Chapter 14, Paraxial and intermediate mesoderm.
• Snapshot Summary: Lateral Mesoderm and Endoderm.In: Chapter 15, Lateral plate mesoderm and endoderm.
• Snapshot Summary: The Tetrapod Limb.In: Chapter 16, Development of the tetrapod limb.
• Snapshot Summary: Sex Determination.In: Chapter 17, Sex determination.
• Snapshot Summary: Metamorphosis, Regeneration, and Aging.In: Chapter 18, Metamorphosis, regeneration, and aging.
• Snapshot Summary: The Germ Line.In: Chapter 19, The saga of the germ line.
• Snapshot Summary: Plant Development.In: Chapter 20, An overview of plant development.
• Snapshot Summary: The Environmental Regulation of Development.In: Chapter 21, Environmental regulation of animal development.
• Snapshot Summary: Evolutionary Developmental Biology.In: Chapter 22, Developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change.

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