Human Microanatomy

Preface. Acknowledgments. Online Digital Atlas and Instructor Resources. PART I: CELL AND TISSUE HISTOLOGY- OVERVIEW OF HISTOLOGY, CELL STRUCTURE, AND TISSUES. Introduction to Human Microanatomy and its Associated Techniques. (Pioneering Histologist, Marcello Malpighi). Primer of Cellular Ultrastructure. (Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Lysosomes; Ronald Reagan's Golgi Bodies; Alice Martineau's Endoplasmic Reticulum; Charlie Gard's Mitochondria; Lou Gehrig's Nuclei; Frances Oldham Kelsey's Telomeres). Overview of Embryology and the Four Basic Tissue Types with Emphasis on Epithelium and Connective Tissue Proper. (Pioneering Experimental Embryologist, Hilde Mangold; Althea Gibson's Ligaments; Cesar Chavez's Collagen Fibers; Niccolo Paganini's Elastic Fibers). Cartilage and Bone. (Christiaan Barnard's Cartilage; Elizabeth Taylor's Intervertebral Discs; King Tut's Foot Bones; Harriet Tubman's Skull Bones). Adipose Tissue. (William Taft's Fat). PART II: TISSUE AND ORGAN HISTOLOGY- BLOOD, CIRCULATORY AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS, MUSCLES, NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND SKIN. Blood. (Miles Davis's Erythrocytes; Yasser Arafat's Platelets; Sadako Sasaki's Leukocytes; Eleanor Roosevelt's Bone Marrow). Circulatory and Lymphatic Systems. (Margaret Thatcher's Arteries; Richard Nixon's Veins; Frederick Douglass's Heart; Golda Meir's Lymph Nodes; James Garfield's Spleen; Virginia Alexander's Thymus). Muscles. (Darius Weems's Skeletal Muscles; Mother Teresa's Cardiac Muscles; King Kamehameha IV's Smooth Muscles). Nervous System. (Annette Funicello's Myelinated Nervous Tissue; Abraham Lincoln's Putative Neuromas; Muhammad Ali's Brain; Marilyn Monroe's Mental Health). Skin. (Michael Jackson's Epidermis; Bob Marley's Melanocytes; Marie Antoinette's Hair; Benjamin Harrison's Dermis; Frida Kahlo's Skin Wounds). PART III: ORGAN HISTOLOGY- DIGESTIVE, RESPIRATORY, AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS. Digestive System I: Oral Cavity. (Ada Lovelace's Oral Mucosa; Gerald Ford's Tongue; Gordy Howe's Teeth; Grover Cleveland's Palate; Andrew Jackson's Salivary Glands, Elvis Presley's Tonsils). Digestive System II: Pharynx to Anus. (Princess Diana's Esophagus; Doreen Kartinyeri's Stomach; Maurice Gibb's Small Intestine; Edward Plunkett's Appendix; Corazon Aquino's Colon). Digestive System III: Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas. (Billie Holiday's Liver; Mary Mallon's Gallbladder; Sally Ride's Pancreas; Sejong the Great's Pancreatic Islets). Respiratory System. (Amelia Earhart's Nasal Cavity; George Washington's Epiglottis; Mary Wells's Larynx and Trachea; Pocahontas's Bronchi; Indira Gandhi's Lungs; Catherine the Great's Pleural Membranes). Endocrine System. (Zelda Fitzgerald's Pineal Body; Barbara Bush's Hypothalamus; Pio Pico's Anterior Pituitary; Vera Schmidt's Thyroid; Garry Shandling's Parathyroid Glands; John Kennedy's Adrenal Glands). PART IV: ORGAN HISTOLOGY- URINARY SYSTEM, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, AND SENSORY ORGANS. Urinary System. (Idi Amin's Kidneys; Christine Jorgensen's Bladder; Franklin Roosevelt's Renin-Angiotensin System). Male Reproductive System. (Adolf Hitler's Testes; John Tyler's Epididymi and Vasa Deferentia; Pablo Neruda's Prostate). Female Reproductive System. (Coretta Scott King's Ovaries; Eva Peron's Uterus; Mumtaz Majal's Placentas; Yao Beina's Mammary Glands). Eyes. (Aldous Huxley's Corneas; Marie Curie's Lenses; Theodore Roosevelt's Retinas). Ears. (Juliette Gordon Low's Ears; Helen Keller's Cochleas and Optic Nerves). Figure Citations for Medical Histories. Index.