Gain a foundational understanding of how endocrine and metabolic physiology affects other body systems in health and disease, including the clinical dimensions of reproductive endocrinology. Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology, a volume in the Mosby Physiology Series, explains the fundamentals of this complex subject in a clear and concise manner, while helping you bridge the gap between normal function and disease with pathophysiology content throughout the book. - Helps you easily master the material in a systems-based curriculum with learning objectives, Clinical Concept boxes, highlighted key words and concepts, chapter summaries, self-study questions, and a comprehensive exam. - Includes nearly 200 clear, 2-color diagrams that simplify complex concepts. - Features clinical commentaries that show you how to apply what you've learned to real-life clinical situations. - Keeps you current with recent advances in endocrine physiology with expanded material on reproductive endocrinology and metabolism, and many updates at the molecular and cellular level. - Covers the latest developments in fertilization, pregnancy, and lactation, as well as fetal development, puberty, and the decline of reproductive function with age. Complete the Mosby Physiology Series! Systems-based and portable, these titles are ideal for integrated programs. - Blaustein, Kao, & Matteson: Cellular Physiology and Neurophysiology - Johnson: Gastrointestinal Physiology - Koeppen & Stanton: Renal Physiology - Cloutier: Respiratory Physiology - Pappano & Weir: Cardiovascular Physiology - Hudnall: Hematology: A Pathophysiologic Approach

Part of the best-selling Crash Course series, this book focuses on the essential information students really need to know about the endocrine and reproductive systems. Comprehensive yet concise, it is more than just an exam crammer. Each component is considered in an integrated format, putting the basic sciences in clinical context. Highly illustrated with clear accessible text, it uses features such as Hints and Tips and Clinical Sketches to make the content easy to absorb and remember. An extensive self-assessment section allows the reader to test their knowledge and identify areas needing further study. Written by students for students, under faculty supervision, this new edition has been revised and updated throughout to reflect current curricula and exam formats.

This volume in the Mosby Physiology Monograph Series explains the fundamentals of endocrine physiology in a clear and concise manner. It provides you with a basic understanding of how the endocrine system functions in health and disease. Attractively illustrated with clear 2-color diagrams, this volume also facilitates study with learning objectives, overview boxes, chapter summaries, and clinical cases with questions and explained answers. Stay current with clear, accurate, and up-to-the-minute coverage of the physiology of the endocrine system focusing on the needs of the student. Bridge the gap between normal function and disease with pathophysiology content throughout the book. Master the material more easily with learning objectives, overview boxes, key words and concepts, chapter summaries, and clinical cases with questions and explained answers. Understand complex concepts by examining more than 200 clear, 2-color diagrams. Apply what you've learned to real-life clinical situations using featured clinical commentaries.

This graphic nonfiction book introduces the endocrine and reproductive systems of the human body. The Building Blocks of Life Science volumes feature whimsical characters to guide young readers through topics exploring the human body systems. Full-page or full-spread diagrams detail the different parts of each body system. The science is as sound as the presentation is fun! The volumes include a glossary, an additional resource list, and an index. Several spreads in each volume are illustrated with photographs to help clarify concepts and facts.

This book presents the essential information about the endocrine and reproductive systems. It completely covers clinical content as well as basic science - focusing on those areas that the student authors consider crucial to review. Plus, an esteemed facu

This is an integrated textbook on the musculoskeletal system, covering the anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of the system, all presented in a clinically relevant context appropriate for the first two years of the medical student course. One of the seven volumes in the Systems of the Body series. Concise text covers the core anatomy, physiology and biochemistry in an integrated manner as required by system- and problem-based medical courses. The basic science is presented in the clinical context in a way appropriate for the early part of the medical course. There is a linked website providing self-assessment material ideal for examination preparation.