Histology is the perfect text for medical, health professions, and undergraduate biology students.
Features:
* Emphasizes clinical and functional correlates of histology * Features full-color digital micrographs of the highest quality * Includes terminology throughout the text that is consistent with Terminologia Anatomica
Cells evolved originally as free-living individuals, but the cells that matter most to us, as human beings, are specialized members of a multicellular community. They have lost features needed for independent survival and acquired peculiarities that serve the needs of the body as a whole. Although they share the same genome, they are spectacularly diverse: more than 200 different cell types are traditionally recognized in the human body (see our web site for a list). These collaborate with one another to form a multitude of different tissues, arranged into organs performing widely varied functions. To understand them, it is not enough to analyze them in a culture dish: we need also to know how they live, work, and die in their natural habitat.
Contents
Epidermis and Its Renewal by Stem Cells
Sensory Epithelia
The Airways and the Gut
Blood Vessels and Endothelial Cells
Renewal by Multipotent Stem Cells: Blood Cell Formation
Genesis, Modulation, and Regeneration of Skeletal Muscle
Fibroblasts and Their Transformations: The Connective-Tissue Cell Family
