This book presents histology in an interesting and lucid manner making it easy to understand and retain concepts.
Salient Features * Crisp, bulleted text for quick and easy understanding * Well-labelled, hand-drawn coloured diagrams of histological slides to enable identification and reproduction in the practicals * Important diagrams additionally supported by relevant slides * Line diagrams and three-dimensional illustrations with detailed labelling to further support understanding and retention * Coloured photomicrographs (PMGs) covering most organs * Similar looking slides have been compared and their differentiating points enumerated * Clinical correlates throughout the book to build on the importance of histology in the identification, diagnosis and pathogenesis of diseases * Key points at the end of each chapter to assist a quick revision of the topics
Table Of Contents Tissue Preparation for Histological Study * Steps of Tissue Preparation * Stains * Special Histological Techniques * Light Microscope
Getting Oriented to the Sectional Planes * Interpreting Histological Slides
The Cell * Types of Cells * Plasma Membrane * Cytoplasm * Nucleus * Cell Cycle
Epithelia and Glands * Structural Organisation of the Human Body * Epithelial Tissue * Glands
Connective Tissue * Extracellular Matrix * Cells of the Connective Tissue * Types of Connective Tissue * Basement Membrane
Cartilage * Perichondrium * Components of Cartilage * Types of Cartilage * Hyaline Cartilage * Elastic Cartilage * Fibrocartilage
Bone * Components of the Bone * Coverings of the Bone * Classification of Bone * Long Bone * Woven (Immature) Bone * Lamellar (Mature) Bone * Ossification * Bone Growth * Blood Supply of a Long Bone
Nervous Tissue * Neurons * Glial Cells * Types of Nerve Fibres * Membrane Potential and Impulse Conduction * Synapse * Classification of Nervous Tissue * Peripheral Nerves * Ganglia * Response of Nerve Tissue to Injury
Circulatory System * Components of the Circulatory System * Blood Vessels * Arteries * Capillaries * Veins * Arteriovenous Anastomosis * Lymphatic Vascular System
Lymphoid (Immune) System * Immunity * Lymphoid System * Thymus * Lymph Node * Spleen * Palatine Tonsil
Oral Cavity * Oral Mucosa * Lips * Tooth * Tongue
Gastrointestinal Tract * General Microscopic Features of GIT * Oesophagus * Stomach * Small Intestine * Large Intestine
Accessory Glands of the Gastrointestinal Tract * Salivary Glands * Liver * Pancreas * Gallbladder