
The Eye
Basic Sciences in Practice
Elsevier (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 10. November 2020
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-7020-7993-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Eye: Basic Sciences in Practice provides highly accessible, one-stop coverage of all the essential basic science required by today's ophthalmologists and optometrists in training. It is also core reading for those embarking on a career in visual and ophthalmic science, as well as an invaluable, current refresher for the range of practitioners working in this area.
Building on previous success, this fifth edition has been fully revised in line with current curricula, key research developments and clinical best practice. It succinctly incorporates critical developments in fast-moving fields related to the eye and vision, including genetics, pharmacology, microbiology, immunology, pathology, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy and imaging. Topical coverage includes:
Major advances in the search for new genes underpinning disease in ophthalmology
The emergence of new infections such as Ebola, Zika and COVID-19
The importance of the gastrointestinal tract as an immune organ and its functional dependence on the microbiome
Key aspects of melanopsin, melatonin and new ways of light sensing
Also, (print purchasers) benefit from access to the complete, fully searchable electronic text, with integrated video and other bonus materials to further explain and expand on key concepts. This combines to make The Eye a more flexible, comprehensive and engaging learning package than ever before.
The only all-embracing textbook of the basic sciences suitable for trainee ophthalmologists, optometrists and vision scientists.
Utilising an attractive page design with over 300 colour drawings and 200 photographs this is an attractive and accessible text to learn from.
The text presents in a readable form an account of all the basic sciences necessary for an understanding of the eye - anatomy, embryology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, immunology, microbiology and infection and pathology.
Building on previous success, this fifth edition has been fully revised in line with current curricula, key research developments and clinical best practice. It succinctly incorporates critical developments in fast-moving fields related to the eye and vision, including genetics, pharmacology, microbiology, immunology, pathology, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy and imaging. Topical coverage includes:
Major advances in the search for new genes underpinning disease in ophthalmology
The emergence of new infections such as Ebola, Zika and COVID-19
The importance of the gastrointestinal tract as an immune organ and its functional dependence on the microbiome
Key aspects of melanopsin, melatonin and new ways of light sensing
Also, (print purchasers) benefit from access to the complete, fully searchable electronic text, with integrated video and other bonus materials to further explain and expand on key concepts. This combines to make The Eye a more flexible, comprehensive and engaging learning package than ever before.
The only all-embracing textbook of the basic sciences suitable for trainee ophthalmologists, optometrists and vision scientists.
Utilising an attractive page design with over 300 colour drawings and 200 photographs this is an attractive and accessible text to learn from.
The text presents in a readable form an account of all the basic sciences necessary for an understanding of the eye - anatomy, embryology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, immunology, microbiology and infection and pathology.
More details
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Approx. 660 illustrations (580 in full color); Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 199 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
1372 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7020-7993-1 (9780702079931)
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E-Book
10/2020
5th Edition
Saunders
€71.99
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Book
04/2015
4th Edition
Saunders
€126.26
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Persons
Author
Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, University of Bristol; Director, UCL-Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK
Director of the Centre for Human Anatomy Education, Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Consultant Ophthalmic Pathologist, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Pathology, University Department of Pathology, Glasgow, UK
Director, Institute of Immunology, Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Physiology, University of California, Irvine; Professor and Director of Research. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University.
Content
Anatomy of the eye and orbit.
Embryology and early development of the eye and adnexia.
Genetics.
Biochemistry and cell biology.
Physiology of vision and the visual system.
General and ocular pharmacology.
Immunology.
Microbiology and infection.
Pathology
Embryology and early development of the eye and adnexia.
Genetics.
Biochemistry and cell biology.
Physiology of vision and the visual system.
General and ocular pharmacology.
Immunology.
Microbiology and infection.
Pathology