Anatomy and physiology for midwives /
Jane Coad ; with Melvyn Dun stall.
- 3rd ed.
- Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2011 .
- xii, 455 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to physiology -- The reproductive and urinary systems - - Endocrinology -- Reproductive cycles -- Sexual differentiation and be haviour -- Fertilization -- Overview of human genetics and genetic diso rder -- The placenta -- Embryo development -- Overview of immunology -- Physiological adaptation to pregnancy -- Maternal nutrition -- Physiol ogy of parturition -- The puerperium -- The transition to neonatal life -- Lactation and infant nutrition.