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Textbooks	Cross Referencing	Journals	Embryology Progams	Related Programs	WWW Links
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Textbooks	Authors	Embryology textbooks as current recommendations.	More Information
The Developing Human, 5th Edition, 1993	K.L. Moore and T.V.N. Persaud	This is one of the recommended texts for Anat 3311.	Cross-Ref
Human Embryology	W.J Larsen	This is one of the recommended texts for Anat 3311 and Anat 2007	new 2nd edition 1997
Anat 2007 Course Notes		Available from the School of Anatomy office.
Anat 3311 Course Notes		Available from the School of Anatomy office.
Other Books & Journals	These are important related books.	Direct Links to Journals can also be found on the WWWLinks Page.	Other Books
Color Atlas of Embryology	A. Rothenburger and R. Gay	Small atlas for "on the bus" reading (1995 ed)	More Info
Color Atlas of Clinical Embryology	K.L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud and K. Shiota	A good atlas of development. Should be used to augment textbooks listed above.

Embryology Programs	Authors	Currently there are only a few embryology teaching Programs.	More Information
UNSW Embryology	Dr Mark Hill and Acknowledgements	This current project UNSW Embryology is of course a recommended program. Available as a CD, on the internet and from computers within the School of Anatomy. This program is under continuous update.	UNSW Embryology
Embryo Images	K.K. Sulik and P.R. Bream	The School of Anatomy currently holds a site License for use of this programs within the University of NSW. It provides excellent scanning electron micrographs mainly of the developing mouse, but with reference to equivilant human stages. For more details click on the text on the right.	Embryo Images
Embryo	G.C. Schoenwolf	Available on CD, an atlas of frog, chick, and pig development.	Embryo
Digital Atlas of Mouse Embryology	Brad Smith	This program is available on CD and has some wonderful magnetic resonance images and staged development sequences.	Digital Atlas of Mouse Embryology

Related Programs	Listed below is a brief summary of other useful Computer material / Internet.		More Information
Brainstorm	Neuroanatomy Program	Available as a CD commercially and from computers within the School of Anatomy. Interactive program for neuroanatomy.	Brainstorm
Fabric of Life	Histology Program	Available from computers within the School of Anatomy. This program as of June 97 is still under development by Dr B. Freeman and Dr S.K. Loo. The final program will be commercially available.	Fabric of Life
Cross-sctional Anatomy		Available from computers within the School of Anatomy.	Cross-sctional Anatomy

UNSW Embryology

• Availability details.
  • The CD can be purchased from the School of Anatomy Office, room M104, Wallace Wurth Bldg, Kensington Campus. The CD is available for educational purposes only and is $A30 + postage.
  • The Author can be contacted by

    Email	m.hill@unsw.edu.au
    Fax	612 9313 6252
    Telephone	612 9385 2474
    Location	School of Anatomy, UNSW, Sydney Australia

Embryo Images

• The program is available only on CD for Macintosh and is divided into 9 sections of scanning electron micrographs.
  • Early cell populations
  • Body cavities, Musculoskeletal and Limb
  • Craniofacial development
  • Eye development
  • Ear development
  • Nervous system development
  • Cardiovascular development
  • Urogenital development
  • Gut development
• These micrographs have removable colour overlays that allow identification of specific structures in the image and related figures.
• There are also animations exploring the dynamics of development.
• There is also reference throughout and some figures from the textbook Langman's Medical Embryology, 6th edition by T.W. Sadler.
• Availability details.
  • The Australian distributor of this CD is unknown to me.
  • The CD is available by purchase direct from the USA at $US400 + postage.
  • Orders can be placed directly by

    Email	slice@slice.med.utah.edu
    Fax	801 585 2623
    Telephone	801 581 8694
    Location	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Development

• The program is available on CD for Macintosh or Windows and is divided into 4 sections.
  • Frog Embryos
  • Chick Embryos
  • Pig Embryos
  • Gametogenesis
• This is a color atlas of development. The format and method of viewing is a little dificult on a Mac and is probably more suited to the Windows user.
• Many of the images can also be seen in the book: Laboratory studies of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Embryos, 40th edition by G.C. Schoenwolf, Prentice Hall (1995)
• Availability details.
  • The Australian distributor of this CD is Prentice Hall, Sydney.
  • The CD is available by purchase.
  • The Publisher can be contacted by

    Email
    Fax
    WWW	www.prenhall.com
    Location	New Jersey, USA

Digital Atlas of Mouse Embryology

• The program is available only on CD for Macintosh.
• Some of the images from the CD can be viewed on the Authors Homepage.
• Availability details.
  • The Australian distributor of this CD not known to me .
  • The CD is available by purchase direct from the Author.
  • The Author can be contacted by

    Email
    Fax
    Telephone
    Location	Duke University, USA

Other Books (See also Other Books Page) and Historic Books and Atlases

There are many texts and general books on related Development.
The comments below the titles are my own for brief summary only.

• Molecular Biology of the Cell (3rd Edition) B. Alberts, D. Bray, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts and J. Watson, Garland Publishing Inc., NY and London.
  • This textbook of molecular and cell biology has been regularly updated and contains many specific details related to development. Particulary the molecular mechanisms involved in pattern formation, cell migration and specification. In addition it has boxed sections describing specific techniques of research. Highly Recommended
    
• Color Atlas of Embryology (1995) A. Rothenburger and R. Gay, Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. NY.
  • This is a small (in dimensions) illustrated atlas style book.
  • Originally published in German and translated into American (hence "color").
  • Extensive illustrations, compression of size means text often difficult to follow and numbered links to images not clear.
  • Nearly all figures are drawn diagrams with no real images. The diagrams are clear, but small.
    
• Trophoblast Cells (1993) M.J. Soares, S. Handwerger, F. Talamantes, Springer-Verlag, NY.
  • Very current review from the Serono Symposia, USA with many contributors.
  • Looks at all aspects of the Feto-Maternal Barrier/Communication
    

General Related Books

• A Child is Born L. Nilsson, Faber and Faber, London
  • This is a historic (1965) originally published in Swedish "Ett blir till" by A. Bonniers Forlag and republished many times. It is meant as a lay guide to human embryo development and has some wonderful images of the developing human.
  • This is not a textbook and has been designed for the general public. Clinically it can be recommended to parents interested in the images of the fetus at different stages and has the advantage of not containing any images of abnormal development.
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• Everywoman D. Llewellyn-Jones
  • This is not a textbook and is meant as a lay guide to human female development and reproduction. It contains useful information about puberty, contraception, sex, pregnancy, infertility and menopause.

all costs listed as at Jan 97	Cross Referencing
Embryology Anat3311 Notes	Embryology Anat2007 Notes	Back to Pig Home Page	Back to Human Home Page	Back to Embryology Home Page

Related Programs

Fabric of Life (version 1.1)

This Histology program currently has one section relevant to Embryology: Female Reproductive.

• The program is not yet available. Some units are currently available for testing within the School of Anatomy.
  • Gastro-intestinal system
  • lymphatic system
  • urinary system
  • female reproductive
  •  
• Availability details.
  • The CD is not yet available as the project is still under construction.
  • The Author can be contacted by

    Email	s.loo@unsw.edu.au
    Fax	+61 (2) 9313 6252
    Telephone	+61 (2) 9385 2461
    Location	School of Anatomy, UNSW, Sydney Australia

Brainstorm

Brainstorm is a highly interactive program developed to help students understand and review neuroanatomy. Developed by medical personnel at the Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technologies center. Brainstorm allows the user to set the pace and depth of explorations into the brain and spinal cord. Structures are presented as gross dissections, cross-sections, and diagrams. Informational screens provide notes and insights into the structures. All screens are extensively cross-referenced, for quickly moving between images and structures. Students can test their understanding at any time by taking a quiz. (taken from the package description)

• The program is available only on CD for Macintosh.
• Requirements: System 6.0.5 or higher, 4MB RAM, Hard disc with 12 MB free, CD-ROM, 13" or larger monitor
• Availability details.
  • The Australian distributor of this CD is Mosby.
  • The CD is available by purchase from the University bookshop or MedSoc bookshop at $A80.

Cross-Sectional Anatomy

Cross-Sectional Anatomy contains labelled digitized images of cross sections, CTs and MRIs from the Visible Human Data Set. This program is still currently under development.

• The program also includes quizzes for self-testing.
• A number of tutorial modules are currently under development.
• It is available on all School of Anatomy computers.

New 2nd edition 1997 of Larsen- EMBRYOLOGY

• Page references in ANAT3311 notes refer to the first edition of W.J Larsen.
• The second edition has some additional pages in some chapters.
• Overall chapter layout is still the same