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 relates more generally to development in many different species and is freely available online (requires no login).

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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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