Histology

This core text offers a molecular and cellular approach to understanding histology. It takes a clinically oriented look at the concepts of cell biology required to understand the next order of biological organization: the tissues. The four primary tissues are also described in detail.

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This concise core text for histology courses, offers a unique molecular and cellular approach to understanding histology. It takes a clinically oriented look at the concepts of cell biology required to understand the next order of biological organization - the tissues. The four primary tissues (epithelium, connective tissue, muscle and nerve) are thoroughly described in chapter sequence, followed by organs and then organ systems. Readers will see the clinical correlations of cell, tissue and organ structure with alterations in disease states.