1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  Acknowledgement

      5  Key Concepts and Terms Chapter 1: The Adult Male Chapter 2: The Nonpregnant Adult Female Chapter 3: Pregnancy, Parturition, Lactation Chapter 4: The Human Sexual Response Chapter 5: Age-Related Changes in the Reproductive System

      6  Introduction

      7  1 The Adult Male 1.1 Three Basic Requirements for Fertility in the Male 1.2 Endocrinology of the Male Reproductive System 1.3 Physiological Actions of Testosterone and Related Androgens 1.4 Spermatogenesis and Spermiogenesis 1.5 Production of Seminal Plasma 1.6 Testicular Thermoregulation; Varicocoele 1.7 Penile Erection 1.8 Cellular Mechanism of PDE‐5 Inhibitors in Treating Erectile Dysfunction 1.9 Emission and Ejaculation 1.10 Infertility

      8  2 The Nonpregnant Adult Female 2.1 The Menstrual Cycle: A Perspective 2.2 Oogenesis 2.3 Folliculogenesis 2.4 Follicular Production of Sex Steroid Hormones 2.5 Recruitment of the Dominant Follicle 2.6 Transition from the Follicular to the Ovulatory Phase: The LH Surge 2.7 The Luteal Phase 2.8 Corresponding Uterine Phases: Menstrual, Proliferative, Secretory 2.9 Estrogen 2.10 Progesterone 2.11 Putting It Together

      9  3 Pregnancy,Parturition,Lactation 3.1 Fertilization and Early Embryogenesis 3.2 Implantation 3.3 Multiple Births 3.4 Placentation 3.5 The Endocrinology of Pregnancy 3.6 Prenatal Testing for Fetal Aneuplody and Other Maternal and Fetal Conditions 3.7 Maternal Adaptations During Pregnancy 3.8 Embryonic and Fetal Growth 3.9 Labor and Parturition 3.10 Lactation and Breastfeeding 3.11 Long‐Term Health Effects of Pregnancy on Mother and Child

      10  4 The Human Sexual Response 4.1 Desire Phase 4.2 Excitement Phase 4.3 Plateau Phase 4.4 Orgasmic Phase 4.5 Resolution Phase

      11  5 Age‐Related Changes in theReproductive System 5.1 Childhood and Adolescence 5.2 Puberty 5.3 The Aging Male and Female

      12  Appendix A: Detailed Anatomy of the Male and Female Reproductive Systems

      13  Index

      14  End User License Agreement

      1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Causes of Male Infertility

      1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Steroidal biochemical pathways.

      2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Increasing estrogen concentrations trigger LH surge via positive ...Figure 2.2 Key events associated with the menstrual cycle.

      3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Early embryology events.Figure 3.2 Structure of the human placenta.

      4 Appendix AFigure A.1 Anatomy of the male reproductive system, saggital section.Figure A.2 Anatomy of the male reproductive system showing internal structur...Figure A.3 Anatomy of the female reproductive system saggital section.Figure A.4 Anatomy of the female reproductive system, showing internal struc...

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