Understanding fertility / Gab Kovacs, Monash University Medical School.
- 作者: Kovacs, Gabor, 1947 April 6-
- 其他題名:
- Understanding life.
- 出版: Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York, NY : Cambridge University Press c2022.
- 叢書名: Understanding life
- 主題: Fertility. , Fertility, Human. , Pregnancy. , Fertility.
- ISBN: 978-1-316-51162-6: GBP39.99 、 978-1-009-05416-4 (pbk.)
- 書目註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- 系統號: 005286159 | 機讀編目格式
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摘要註
"In this first chapter we will outline the steps that are necessary to achieve pregnancy. This includes the three primary requirements which have to be fulfilled for an embryo to be produced, and the process for that embryo to implant and grow within the womb (uterus). BASIC FERTILITY FACTORS In order for a pregnancy to occur, three basic fertility parameters need to be fulfilled (Figure 1.1). First, adequate number of normal sperm have to be deposited in the correct place at the right time; secondly eggs (oocytes) have to be released (ovulation) (this is described in detail in Chapter 2); and thirdly, the passages- the womb (uterus) and tubes- have to be open and normal, to allow the transport of sperm up, eggs down, and the resulting embryo (after fertilization) down the tubes and into the uterus, where the embryo can implant and thus have a pregnancy established"--