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Contributors xii <p>Preface xvi</p> <p>Acknowledgements xviii</p> <p>Chapter 1 Learning the Language: Terminology 1<br /> <i>Joyce Targett</i></p> <p>Chapter 2 Cell Physiology 23<br /> <i>Rebecca Murray</i></p> <p>Chapter 3 The Female Reproductive System and Associated Disorders 41<br /> <i>Claire Ford</i></p> <p>Chapter 4 Embryology and Fetal Development 60<br /> <i>Jenny Brewster</i></p> <p>Chapter 5 Genetics 85<br /> <i>Sarah Malone and James Castleman</i></p> <p>Chapter 6 Tissues 108<br /> <i>Iñaki Mansilla</i></p> <p>Chapter 7 The Placenta 128<br /> <i>Antonio Sierra</i></p> <p>Chapter 8 The Musculoskeletal System 146<br /> <i>Suzanne Britt</i></p> <p>Chapter 9 The Circulatory System 174<br /> <i>Kate Nash</i></p> <p>Chapter 10 The Cardiac System 194<br /> <i>Mel Cameron-Radford</i></p> <p>Chapter 11 The Digestive System 218<br /> <i>Clare Gordon</i></p> <p>Chapter 12 The Renal System 245<br /> <i>Ashleigh Ward and Elizabeth Routledge</i></p> <p>Chapter 13 The Respiratory System 266<br /> <i>Alison Anderson</i></p> <p>Chapter 14 The Nervous System 292<br /> <i>Claire Ford</i></p> <p>Chapter 15 The Endocrine System 317<br /> <i>Rosalind Haddrill</i></p> <p>Chapter 16 The Immune System 338<br /> <i>Angela Frankland</i></p> <p>Multiple Choice Answers 363<br /><br /> Index 370</p>

<p><b>Ian Peate </b>is Visiting Professor of Nursing at St George's University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire; Professorial Fellow, University of Roehampton; Editor-in-Chief of the <i>British Journal of Nursing,</i> Consultant Editor of the <i>Journal of Paramedic Practice,</i> and Consultant Editor of the <i>International Journal of Advancing Practice</i>.</p> <p><b>Claire Leader </b>is Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, and Faculty Director of Inter-professional Education, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK. Claire is also an editorial board member for the <i>British Journal of Midwifery</i>.</p>

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