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"The book is written mainly for students in professional schools but it would be useful as a reference for many undergraduate courses that touch on the subject. The authors are knowledgeable in the field, having published the first nine editions of this book." "book has been useful and popular. "


Book Description
Gives students the most thorough understanding of cell and tissue biology, structure, and function is now revised and updated in a FULL-COLOR Tenth Edition! Reflecting the latest research in the field, the tenth edition provides students with a solid knowledge of how cell and tissue structures are linked with their functions. This book examines the structure and function of cells, the four basic body tissues, and each organ and organ system of the human body. Throughout, cell biology is emphasized as the most fundamental approach to understanding structure and function. Features a full-color design, 300 full-color photomicrographs highlighting important structural details of cells and tissues, a companion CD-ROM Atlas with all 600 photos and illustrations in the book.


Book Info
Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Concise textbook/atlas of basic facts and interpretation of microscopic anatomy. Contains a summarization of morphologic and functional features of cells, tissues, and organs. Includes more than 600 high-quality illustrations, medical applications, and key concepts. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover.


From the Back Cover
THE MOST RESPECTED HISTOLOGY TEXT IN THE WORLD IS NOW BETTER THAN EVER Recognized as the leading medical histology text in the world, Basic Histology: Text & Atlas offers the most comprehensive approach to the relationship between tissue structure and function and the physiologic response in the human body. Completely updated and redesigned in true-to-life color, it continues to pave the way as the most authoritative text of its kind. *Showcases over 600 high quality photomicrographs, electron micrographs, and illustrations, 500 of which are in full color *Emphasizes cell biology as the most fundamental approach to understanding structure and function of tissues and organs *Clear and comprehensive explanations of microscopic anatomy *Full-color photomicrographs prepared from new tissue samples feature distinctive labeling that clearly pinpoints the elements of interest and enhances the didactic nature of the book *Bonus CD-ROM image library includes all of the photomicrographs and illustrations in the book *Medical applications relate histology to pathobiology, diagnosis, and clinical aspects of disease *Key concepts highlighted in each chapter Image Library CD-ROM *Includes over 600 photomicrographs and illustrations from Basic Histology: Text & Atlas, 10th Edition *Organized by chapter *Fully searchable *“Zoom in” and “zoom out” functionality facilitates exploration of the relationship between structure and function of cells and tissues and physiologic response *Advanced image management system enables compilation of image catalogs and importation of images into PowerPoint presentations

ANNOTATION

The book contains both black-and-white, two-color illustrations, and color illustrations.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This is the leading textbook for medical histology and microscopic anatomy courses. It features an updated description of the structure and function of cells and the function and specialization of the four tissue groups: epithelial, connective, adipose, and nerve. Chapters on the cytoplasm and cell nucleus are updated to include the most recent discoveries on cell biology. It also describes the cellular function of each organ. Clinical correlations are highlighted throughout the book.

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THE MOST RESPECTED HISTOLOGY TEXT IN THE WORLD IS NOW BETTER THAN EVER

Recognized as the leading medical histology text in the world, Basic Histology: Text & Atlas offers the most comprehensive approach to the relationship between tissue structure and function and the physiologic response in the human body. Completely updated and redesigned in true-to-life color, it continues to pave the way as the most authoritative text of its kind.

*Showcases over 600 high quality photomicrographs, electron micrographs, and illustrations, 500 of which are in full color *Emphasizes cell biology as the most fundamental approach to understanding structure and function of tissues and organs *Clear and comprehensive explanations of microscopic anatomy *Full-color photomicrographs prepared from new tissue samples feature distinctive labeling that clearly pinpoints the elements of interest and enhances the didactic nature of the book *Bonus CD-ROM image library includes all of the photomicrographs and illustrations in the book *Medical applications relate histology to pathobiology, diagnosis, and clinical aspects of disease *Key concepts highlighted in each chapter

Image Library CD-ROM *Includes over 600 photomicrographs and illustrations from Basic Histology: Text & Atlas, 10th Edition *Organized by chapter *Fully searchable *￯﾿ﾽZoom in￯﾿ﾽ and ￯﾿ﾽzoom out￯﾿ﾽ functionality facilitates exploration of the relationship between structure and function of cells and tissues and physiologic response *Advanced image management system enables compilation of image catalogs and importation of images into PowerPoint presentations

FROM THE CRITICS

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Reviewer: Alvin Telser, PhD (Northwestern University Medical School)Description: This is the 10th edition of a textbook of histology that includes a CD-ROM with the images found in the book. It is a long time member of the series of Lange Review texts now published by McGraw-Hill. The 9th edition was published in 1998. Purpose: The authors state that the book is a "concise" text and atlas of basic histology. The previous edition was just under 500 pages and this edition is just over 500 pages. However, this edition is 8.5" x 11" where the 9th edition was 7" x 10", so the conciseness is arguable. It would seem that this book has become more of a standard textbook of histology than it used to be. Nonetheless, it is a reasonably well done textbook of histology and, as such, the authors have achieved their objectives.Audience: The book is written mainly for students in professional schools but it would be useful as a reference for many undergraduate courses that touch on the subject. The authors are knowledgeable in the field, having published the first nine editions of this book.Features: The major difference between this edition and previous editions is the fact that all the micrographs and figures are now in color. Although this would appear to be an improvement, I found most of the micrographs to be of medium to poor quality. The color rendition of nearly all the light micrographs is poor. The authors appear to have a few favorite stains that are not in common usage; furthermore, these stains don't add significant visual information beyond more standard stains. A brief glossary ofstains used would be helpful to the nonexpert. It is not clear what the authors consider the "atlas" component to be; this book has many color images just as any other histology textbook has. The CD-ROM is difficult to use and the images that can be copied from the disc are of very poor quality. The "Help" feature of the CD-ROM was no help in this regard. Assessment: In its previous editions, this book has been useful and popular. The "upgrade" of this edition to full color has, in fact, been a step backwards. Other books, such as Ross et al.'s Histology: A Text and Atlas, 4th Edition (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003), and the histology books by Gartner and Hiatt are superior. There are also many excellent atlases of histology, the most notable of which is Atlas of Functional Histology by Kerr (Mosby, 1999). Students and faculty would be well advised to look elsewhere for a modern text and atlas of histology.

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