Embryology Textbooks - UNSW

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UNSW Library

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. The third listed textbook (Developmental Biology) relates more generally to development in many different species and is freely available online (requires no login).

Note that if you do not have online access, relevant chapters from several textbooks, including this website pages, are listed on each notes page.


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

Citation: Moore, K.L., Persaud, T.V.N. & Torchia, M.G. (2011). The developing human: clinically oriented embryology (9th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders.

The following chapter links only work with a UNSW library connection.

  1. Introduction to the Developing Human
  2. First Week of Human Development
  3. Second Week of Human Development
  4. Third Week of Human Development
  5. Fourth to Eighth Weeks of Human Development
  6. Ninth Week to Birth: The Fetal Period
  7. Placenta and Fetal Membranes
  8. Body Cavities and Diaphragm
  9. Pharyngeal Apparatus, Face, and Neck
  10. Respiratory System
  11. Alimentary System
  12. Urogenital System
  13. Cardiovascular System
  14. Skeletal System
  15. Muscular System
  16. Development of Limbs
  17. Nervous System
  18. Development of Eyes and Ears
  19. Integumentary System
  20. Human Birth Defects
  21. Common Signaling Pathways Used During Development
  22. Appendix : Discussion of Clinically Oriented Problems
Textbook cover The Developing Human, 9th edn.

Larsen's Human Embryology

Citation: Schoenwolf, G.C., Bleyl, S.B., Brauer, P.R. & 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 library connection.

  1. Gametogenesis, Fertilization, and First Week
  2. Second Week: Becoming Bilaminar and Fully Implanting
  3. Third Week: Becoming Trilaminar and Establishing Body Axes
  4. Fourth Week: Forming the Embryo
  5. Principles and Mechanisms of Morphogenesis and Dysmorphogenesis
  6. Fetal Development and the Fetus as Patient
  7. Development of the Skin and Its Derivatives
  8. Development of the Musculoskeletal System
  9. Development of the Central Nervous System
  10. Development of the Peripheral Nervous System
  11. Development of the Respiratory System and Body Cavities
  12. Development of the Heart
  13. Development of the Vasculature
  14. Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract
  15. Development of the Urogenital System
  16. Development of the Pharyngeal Apparatus and Face
  17. Development of the Ears and Eyes
  18. Development of the Limbs
Textbook cover Larsen's human embryology 4th edn.

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
2011 Monthly Data

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.


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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, June 26) Embryology Embryology Textbooks - UNSW. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Embryology_Textbooks_-_UNSW

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