The Reproductive System at a Glance

Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, and now in full-colour, The Reproductive System at a Glance is an accessible introduction and revision text for medical students. Fully updated throughout to reflect changes to the content and assessment methods used by medical schools, this at a Glance provides a user-friendly overview of the anatomy and physiology of normal reproduction, followed by a full range of clinical abnormalities.
This new edition of The Reproductive System at a Glance:
Includes new chapters on labour abnormalities, and benign and malignant breast diseases
Includes updated content diagnostic features of testicular tumours, and diseases of the prostate
Features a brand new section of self-assessment MCQs
This book is an invaluable resource for all students of medicine, as well as junior doctors, nurses, midwives, physiology and bioscience students.
Reviews of the previous edition
"A well written book with clear descriptions of the normal reproductive function of both sexes and their disorders... Perfect for those PBL sessions on reproductive biology." Surgo, Glasgow University Medical Journal
"...Human Reproduction at a Glance has the merit that it will remain useful and applicable for the whole duration of the medical course and onward into clinical practice." GKT Gazette
"Exactly as the title says, you get brief but detailed information on hormone production and action on reproductive system development, and the associated disorders. It is brilliant for gaining a basic understanding of the reproductive system. With the aid of colourful pictures and reasonably simple explanations, this book makes it easy for you to understand the basic principles." QMM Magazine, Birmingham University

Professor Linda Heffner is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Boston University School of Medicine

Dr Danny Schuster is a Reproductive Endocrinologist in the Department of Health Care, University of Missouri

Preface
Table and figure acknowledgements
Part I Normal human reproduction
1 The pituitary gland
2 Gonadotrophins
3 Steroid hormone biosynthesis
4 Steroid hormone mechanism of action and metabolism
5 Reproductive genetics
6 Gonadal development in the embryo
7 Phenotypic sex differentiation
8 Gross anatomy of the male reproductive tract
9 Microscopic anatomy of the male reproductive tract
10 Gross anatomy of the female reproductive tract
11 Microscopic anatomy of the female reproductive tract
12 Puberty in boys
13 Puberty in girls
14 Male reproductive physiology
15 The menstrual cycle
16 Human sexual response
17 Fertilization and the establishment of pregnancy
18 Placental structure and function
19 The protein hormones of pregnancy
20 The steroid hormones of pregnancy
21 Maternal adaptations to pregnancy
22 Labour
23 The breast and lactation
24 Menopause
25 Contraception
Part II Human reproductive disorders
26 Abnormalities of male sexual differentiation and development
27 Abnormalities of female sexual differentiation and development
28 Precocious puberty
29 Delayed or absent puberty
30 Primary amenorrhea
31 Secondary amenorrhea
32 Hyperprolactinemia
33 Sexual dysfunction
34 Infertility
35 Multifetal pregnancy
36 Spontaneous pregnancy loss
37 Labour abnormalities
38 Pre-eclampsia
39 Benign and malignant breast disease
40 Testicular tumours
41 Diseases of the prostate
42 Ovarian neoplasms
43 Endometrial cancer
44 Cervical cancer
45 Genetic imprinting and reproductive tract tumours
46 Sexually transmitted diseases of bacterial origin
47 Sexually transmitted diseases of viral origin
48 Syphilis and Human Immunodeficieny Virus (HIV)
MCQs
Answers to MCQs
Index