Biology of the Uterus

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. History

   • Elizabeth M. Ramsey

   Pages 1-17

3. Comparative Anatomy

   • Harland W. Mossman

   Pages 19-34

4. Prenatal Human Development

   • Ronan O’Rahilly

   Pages 35-55

5. Vascular Anatomy

   • Elizabeth M. Ramsey

   Pages 57-68

6. Vascular Physiology of the Nonpregnant Uterus

   • Frank C. Greiss Jr., James C. Rose

   Pages 69-87

7. Cellular Biochemistry of the Endometrium

   • John D. Aplin

   Pages 89-129

8. Cell Biology of the Endometrium

   • Wendell W. Leavitt

   Pages 131-173

9. The Endometrium of Delayed and Early Implantation

   • Randall L. Given, Allen C. Enders

   Pages 175-231

10. The Implantation Reaction

    • Margaret B. Parr, Earl L. Parr

    Pages 233-277

11. Regeneration in the Primate Uterus

    • Helen A. Padykula

    Pages 279-288

12. The Human Endometrium

    • Ralph M. Wynn

    Pages 289-331

13. Endometrial Hyperplasia and Neoplasia

    • Alex Ferenczy, Christine Bergeron

    Pages 333-353

14. Biochemistry of the Myometrium and Cervix

    • Gabor Huszar, Michael P. Walsh

    Pages 355-402

15. Electrophysiological Properties of Uterine Smooth Muscle

    • C. Y. Kao

    Pages 403-454

16. Ultrastructure of the Myometrium

    • W. C. Cole, R. E. Garfield

    Pages 455-504

17. Uterine Control of Ovarian Function

    • L. L. Anderson, A. I. Musah

    Pages 505-557

18. Endocrine Control of Parturition

    • Melvyn S. Soloff

    Pages 559-607

19. Back Matter

    Pages 609-625

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Almost a quarter of a century has elapsed since Cellular Biology of the Uterus, the predecessor of the present volume, was planned. During that period, especially in the decade since the publication of the last edition of Biology of the Uterus, new information in the field has been so voluminous as to require major revisions of most of the chapters, the addition of several new chapters, and the collaboration of a second editor to facilitate the selection of appropriate experts as authors. As in prior editions, a balance has been struck between classical biology and modem biochemistry and biophysics. The inclusion of basic histological and embryo­ logical information provides a necessary, though often lacking, background for the protein chemist and molecular biologist and a bridge between the cell biologist and clinician. Thus, major practical problems in human reproduction, such as the genesis of endometrial carcinoma and the cause of the initiation of labor, may be approached on a firm scientific footing. The current edition deals primarily with the biology of the uterus itself (comparative and human) rather than placentation or pregnancy and thus is a synthesis of data derived from many techniques, both conventional and modem. As it is clearly beyond the competence of anyone scientist to prepare such a text on the basis of personal knowledge and experience, the aid of 22 distinguished scientists was enlisted.

• Uterus
• embryo
• placenta
• pregnancy
• reproduction

• Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA

  Ralph M. Wynn

• Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA

  Ralph M. Wynn

• Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA

  William P. Jollie

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