Fetal Growth and Development
Fetal Growth and Development
$214.00
USDThe fetus occupies a critical phase during human development. It is at this stage when the body systems that will support us throughout our lives begin to face up to the challenge of life outside the womb. While the fetus can demonstrate a remarkably robust response to challenges in the uterus, it is also an exquisitely sensitive phase of development. It is now well recognized that disturbances to the materno-fetal environment can influence and even undermine our state of health well into adulthood. This exciting new publication provides a valuable insight into fetal growth and development across all the main body systems, and examines the influence of the materno-fetal environment on adult-onset diseases. This text contains additional chapters on the embryo, placenta, and parturition, to insure that this is a fully self-contained introduction. This book is written by world-renowned experts from leading centers of excellence and will be an invaluable introduction for students of medicine, reproductive biology, and human biology.
- A concise, illustrated and self-contained account of fetal growth and development, from early embyology right through to birth
- Highlights the long-term influences and implications of the materno-fetal environment on the development of adult-onset diseases
- Provides a fascinating insight into the development of the fetal body systems as they are primed ready to face the challenge of life outside the womb
Reviews & endorsements
"This book is a brief, easy to read, multi-authored textbook of developmental and obstetrical physiology suited to an advanced undergraduate or graduate course The authors are well recognized in their fields...Fetal Growth and Development provided me with new facts and ideas..." Pediatric and Developmental Pathology
"This is a useful text which pulls together established evidence and adds to it the more recent evidence of our understanding of fetal growth and development.... This book would be ideal for postgraduate students studying for the Part 1 MRCOG examination and would provide a useful introduction for those embarking on subspecialist training in fetal medicine. It would also sit usefully on the bookshelf of any obstetrician who is interested in fetal development." The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
"This is a well-written scientific treatment... of substantial reference value..." Elizabeth V. Coryllos, Journal of Human Lactation
Product details
June 2001Hardback
9780521642378
294 pages
255 × 176 × 26 mm
0.917kg
72 b/w illus. 8 tables
Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Development of the embryo Janet Rossant and J. Cross
- 2. Development and function of the placenta Dan Rurak
- 3. Growth and metabolism Abby Fowden
- 4. Cardiovascular system Mark Hanson and Torvid Kiserud
- 5. Fluid balance Robert Brace
- 6. Respiratory system Stuart Hooper
- 7. Digestive system Jeff Trahair
- 8. Nervous and neuromuscular systems Sandra Rees and David Walker
- 9. Endocrine functions Charles Wood
- 10. Sexual differentiation and development of the reproductive organs Nigel Brooks
- 11. Maternal adaptation to pregnancy Alan Bocking
- 12. Parturition Steve Lye and John R. G. Challis
- Index.
