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High-Yield Histology

by: Dudek, Ronald W., Ph.D.

High-Yield Histology

by: Dudek, Ronald W., Ph.D.

ISBN 13:
9780781721349
ISBN 10:
0781721342
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/01/2000
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Summary

Now in its updated Third Edition, High-Yield Histology extracts the most important information on histology and presents it in a concise, uncluttered fashion to prepare students for the USMLE. The book also serves as an excellent course review, with illustrations and hundreds of review questions. High-Yield means exactly that...readers reap maximum benefits from very focused study.

Preface

xiii

Cell Biology

(18)

Nuclear structures

(1)

Cytoplasm

(1)

Cytoplasmic structures

(4)

Cytoskeleton

(1)

Cell membrane

(3)

Cell cycle

(1)

Apoptosis

(1)

Cell inclusions

(2)

Selected photomicrographs

(6)

Epithelium

(6)

Introduction

(1)

Classification

(1)

Polarity

(3)

Clinical considerations

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

(3)

Connective Tissue

(6)

Introduction

(1)

Ground substance

(1)

Fibers

(1)

Cells

(2)

Clinical considerations

(2)

Selected photomicrographs

(1)

Cartilage

(2)

Introduction

(1)

Ground substance

(1)

Fibers

(1)

Cells

(1)

Blood vessels and nerves

(1)

Chondrogenesis

(1)

Hormonal influence

(1)

Repair

(1)

Bone

(8)

Introduction

(1)

Ground substance

(1)

Fibers

(1)

Cells

(1)

Blood vessels and nerves

(1)

Osteogenesis

(1)

Bone repair

(1)

Hormonal influence

(1)

Clinical considerations

(1)

Cartilage and bone comparison

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

(3)

Muscle

(10)

Skeletal muscle

(5)

Cardiac muscle

(1)

Smooth muscle

(1)

Comparisons and contrasts

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

(3)

Nervous Tissue

(12)

The neuron

(1)

Neuroglial cells

(3)

The blood-brain barrier

(1)

The blood-CSF barrier

(1)

Nerve degeneration and regeneration

(1)

Clinical considerations

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

(6)

Heart and Blood Vessels

(15)

Heart layers

(2)

Contraction of cardiac myocytes

(1)

Conduction system

(2)

Neural regulation of heart rate

(1)

Enzyme levels in myocardial infarction

(1)

Blood vessels

(2)

Functions of endothelium

(1)

Blood flow

(1)

Types of circulation

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

(6)

Blood

(17)

Plasma

(1)

Red blood cells

(1)

Hemoglobin

(1)

Blood gas exchange

(2)

White blood cells

(2)

Hypersensitivity reactions

(1)

Platelets

(1)

Hemostasis

(2)

Selected photomicrographs

(9)

Thymus

(3)

Thymic cortex

(1)

Thymic medulla

(1)

Maturation of T cells

(1)

Blood-thymus barrier

(2)

Involution of the thymus

(1)

Thymectomy

(1)

Lymph Node

(3)

Outer cortex

(1)

Inner cortex

(1)

Medulla

(1)

Flow of lymph

(1)

Flow of blood

(1)

Clinical consideration

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

100

(1)

Spleen

101

(2)

White pulp

101

(1)

Marginal zone

101

(1)

Red pulp

101

(1)

Blood flow

101

(1)

Clinical considerations

101

(2)

Stomach

103

(3)

Mucosa

103

(1)

Gastric glands

103

(2)

Gastric emptying

105

(1)

Repair (regeneration)

105

(1)

Clinical considerations

105

(1)

Small Intestine

106

(5)

Mucosa

106

(1)

Intestinal glands (crypts of Lieberkuhn)

107

(1)

Gut-associated lymphatic tissue

107

(1)

Repair (regeneration)

107

(1)

Clinical considerations

107

(4)

Large Intestine (Colon)

111

(5)

Anal canal

111

(1)

Mucosa

111

(1)

Intestinal glands

111

(1)

Gut-associated lymphatic tissue

111

(1)

Repair (regeneration)

111

(1)

Clinical considerations

111

(5)

Liver

116

(7)

Hepatocytes

116

(1)

Kupffer cells

117

(1)

Lipocytes (fat-storing cells; Ito cells)

117

(1)

Classic liver lobule

117

(1)

Liver acinus

118

(1)

Lymph

118

(1)

Repair (regeneration)

119

(1)

Clinical considerations

119

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

120

(3)

Exocrine Pancreas and Islets of Langerhans

123

(7)

Exocrine pancreas

123

(1)

Islets of Langerhans

123

(1)

Insulin receptor and signal transduction

123

(3)

Clinical considerations

126

(2)

Selected photomicrographs

128

(2)

Respiratory System

130

(6)

Conduction portion

130

(1)

Respiratory portion

131

(1)

Surfactant

131

(1)

Components of the blood-air barrier

131

(1)

Repair (regeneration)

131

(1)

Clinical considerations

131

(2)

Selected photomicrographs

133

(3)

Urinary System

136

(11)

Renal (uriniferous) tubules

136

(1)

Nephrons

136

(1)

The collecting duct

137

(1)

Filtration barrier

137

(1)

The juxtaglomerular complex

138

(1)

Histophysiology

138

(1)

The countercurrent multiplier system

138

(1)

The countercurrent exchanger system

139

(1)

Glomerular filtration rate

139

(1)

Clearance

140

(1)

Clinical considerations

141

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

142

(5)

Hypophysis

147

(3)

The adenohypophysis

147

(1)

Hormonal secretion

147

(1)

The neurohypophysis

148

(2)

Thyroid

150

(6)

Thyroid follicles

150

(1)

Follicular cells

150

(1)

Functions of T3 and T4

150

(2)

Parafollicular cells

152

(1)

Clinical considerations

152

(2)

Selected photomicrographs

154

(2)

Parathyroid

156

(2)

Chief cells

156

(1)

Oxyphil cells

156

(1)

Calcium homeostasis

156

(1)

Clinical considerations

156

(2)

Adrenal

158

(9)

Cortex

158

(3)

The medulla

161

(4)

Selected photomicrographs

165

(2)

Female Reproductive System

167

(11)

Adult ovary (cortex)

167

(1)

Corpus luteum

167

(1)

Uterine tubes

167

(1)

Uterus

168

(3)

Cervix

171

(1)

Vagina

171

(1)

Mammary gland

172

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

173

(5)

Male Reproductive System

178

(12)

Seminiferous tubules

178

(1)

Spermiogenesis

178

(1)

Sperm morphology

179

(1)

Leydig (interstitial) cells

179

(3)

Prostate gland

182

(1)

Clinical considerations

182

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

183

(7)

Skin

190

(3)

Epidermis

190

(1)

Dermis

190

(1)

Glands

190

(1)

Nerves

191

(1)

Clinical considerations

192

(1)

Ear

193

(3)

Tympanic membrane (eardrum)

193

(1)

Membranous labyrinth

193

(2)

Clinical consideration

195

(1)

Eye

196

(6)

Cornea

196

(1)

Limbus

196

(1)

Retina

196

(1)

Visual transduction

196

(3)

Clinical considerations

199

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

200

(2)

Cerebral Cortex

202

(3)

Cytoarchitecture

202

(1)

Organization

202

(1)

Selected photomicrographs

203

(2)

Cerebellar Cortex

205

(4)

Cytoarchitecture

205

(3)

Cerebellar glomerulus

208

(1)

Clinical considerations

208

(1)

Index

209

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