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Wheater's Functional Histology

A Text and Colour Atlas

  • 5th Edition - March 14, 2006
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Barbara Young, James S. Lowe, Alan Stevens, John W. Heath, Philip J. Deakin
  • Language: English

Highly Commended, Basic and Clinical Sciences Category, BMA Awards 2007!This best-selling atlas contains over 900 images and illustrations to help you learn and review the micros… Read more

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Highly Commended, Basic and Clinical Sciences Category, BMA Awards 2007!This best-selling atlas contains over 900 images and illustrations to help you learn and review the microstructure of human tissues. It starts with a section on general cell structure and replication. Basic tissue types are covered in the following section, and the third section presents the microstructures of each of the major body systems. The highest-quality color light micrographs and electron micrograph images are accompanied by concise text and captions which explain the appearance, function, and clinical significance of each image. The accompanying website lets you view all the images from the atlas with a "virtual microscope", allowing you to view the image at a variety of pre-set magnifications.

Readership

Medical, Osteopathic and Dental Students, Undergraduate students in the biologic sciences.

Table of contents

Part 1 – The Cell


1. Cell structure and function


2. Cell cycle and repetition


Part 2 – Basic Tissue Types


3. Blood
4. Supporting/connective tissues


5. Epithelial tissues


6. Muscle


7. Nervous tissues


Part 3 – Organ systems


8. Circulatory system


9. Skin


10. Skeletal tissues


11. Immune system


12. Respiratory system


13. Oral tissues


14. Gastrointestinal tract


15. Liver and pancreas


16. Urinary system


17. The endocrine glands


18. Male reproductive system


19. Female reproductive system


20. Central nervous system


21. Special sense organs

Review quotes

"This is an excellent book that should be used by everyone starting to learn histology. It is superbly simple and colourful with informative diagrams that are clearly labelled! This book makes histology enjoyable: much better than staring for hours on end down a microscope and not knowing what you are looking at! I like the way it divides the
sections into the different body systems. The index is very useful. High-quality illustrations are provided in this book and the printing quality is excellent. I will happily recommend it to all science and medical students!"
BMA Awards 2007
“…concise relevant text with excellent photographs, excellently reproduced…Wheater’s remains an excellent book and is highly recommended.”
Professor JA Lee, ACP News

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 16, 2012
  • Language: English

About the authors

BY

Barbara Young

Affiliations and expertise
Director of Anatomical Pathology, Hunter Area Pathology Service, John Hunter Hospital; Conjoint Associate Professor, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

JL

James S. Lowe

Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Neuropathology, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, UK; Formerly, Associate Dean for Medical Education, Nottingham, UK

AS

Alan Stevens

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer in Pathology, University of Nottingham Medical School and Honorary Consultant Pathologist, Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK

JH

John W. Heath

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor in Anatomy, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

PD

Philip J. Deakin

Philip J. Deakin is a General Medical Practitioner, Sheffield, UK
Affiliations and expertise
General Medical Practitioner, Sheffield, UK