Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas
A Text and Colour Atlas
5th Edition
Published on 14. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-443-06850-8 (ISBN)
Description
This title is 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.
More details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Medical, Osteopathic and Dental Students, Undergraduate students in the biologic sciences.
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Approx. 850 illustrations (700 in full color)
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-443-06850-8 (9780443068508)
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Geraldine O'Dowd | Sarah Bell | Sylvia Wright
Wheater's Functional Histology
Book
05/2023
7th Edition
Elsevier
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Barbara Young | Geraldine O'Dowd | Phillip Woodford
Wheater's Functional Histology
A Text and Colour Atlas
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12/2013
6th Edition
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Previous edition
Paul R. Wheater | John W. Heath | Barbara Young
Wheater's Functional Histology
A Text and Colour Atlas
Book
03/2000
4th Edition
Churchill Livingstone
€54.46
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Persons
Barbara Young
BSc, Med Sci (Hons), PhD, MB, BChir, MRCP, FRCPA, Consultant Pathologist, North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Alan Stevens
MBBS, FRCPath, Senior Lecturer in Pathology, University of Nottingham Medical School and Honorary Consultant Pathologist, Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
James S. Lowe
BMedSci, BMBS, DM, FRCPath, Professor of Neuropathology, University of Nottingham Medical School, Honorary Consultant Pathologist, Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
BSc, Med Sci (Hons), PhD, MB, BChir, MRCP, FRCPA, Consultant Pathologist, North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Alan Stevens
MBBS, FRCPath, Senior Lecturer in Pathology, University of Nottingham Medical School and Honorary Consultant Pathologist, Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
James S. Lowe
BMedSci, BMBS, DM, FRCPath, Professor of Neuropathology, University of Nottingham Medical School, Honorary Consultant Pathologist, Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
Content
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