Color Textbook of Histology

By James L. Hiatt and Leslie P. Gartner

Book Overview

Concise, current, and richly illustrated, this one-of-a-kind text encompasses cellular and molecular biological concepts as well as classical morphology to present histology from a functional perspective. A wealth of superb illustrations - including light and electron micrographs as well as schematic diagrams and three-dimensional drawings - make all concepts easy to understand, and clinical correlations underscore the practical relevance of the material. Helpful tables and summary statements summarize vital information at a glance. Thoroughly updated to reflect all of the latest concepts and advances in the field, this third edition also includes full-text online access via www.studentconsult.com, where you'll find a wealth of supplemental tools to facilitate study and exam preparation.Features an abundance of illustrations, including micrographs, diagrams, drawings, and tables that clarify essential information.Provides clinical considerations in each chapter when appropriate.Key terms are bold face and chapter summaries alert students to important content.Provides a comprehensive cross-referenced index for easy location of needed information. Comes with STUDENT CONSULT - enabling you to access the complete contents of the book at www.studentconsult.com, perform sophisticated searches, and take personal notes online - enhance your learning by completing 100 USMLE-style review questions and answers - follow "Integration Links" to bonus content from other STUDENT CONSULT titles - clip and download content to your handheld device - and much more.
Contains a set of PowerPointT slides on CD-ROM, prepared by the authors, that offers you a convenient way to review the most essential information from the text.
Offers more light micrographs and electron micrographs than ever before - with an increased number of labels in each micrograph to completely identify all of the features represented.
Provides an increased focus on molecular biology.
Delivers more clinical correlations throughout to more thoroughly demonstrate clinical implications.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416029451
• ISBN13: 9781416029458
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Exactly what I needed

Was searching high and low on a textbook on Microscopic Anatomy. All have been a disappointment, but this one. It has colored pictures, that are clearly labeled, and a breakdown on the different tissues of the body in an organized and easy to read manner. The only thing lacking is that it is weak with mentioning the epithelium in the different types of tissues. But overall it is a perfect companion to my lecture. Be warned it is not an Histology atlas, is more of a read with some pictures, a textbook. Very pleased with purchase.

My shoulders thank you

I purchased this book as an optional reading for my histology course. I did not use it as much as might be necessary for other courses but I was influenced by the fact that it is soft cover, small and lightweight making it easier to carry, and thus more likely to be read. I have used another histology book which was concise and very readable, this one is similar except that the images are in color and there are more diagrams to illustrate the histology in addition to microscopy images.

A Great Text for Beginners

Coming from a social science background rather than one in biology, I found this book a lifesaver first year. The photos are great and the diagrams extremely helpful. I replaced the required Junquira, which I found unreadable, with Gartner and Hiatt!

An Excellent Textbook of Histology

This book is really one of the best textbooks of Histology I have ever seen and if you exclude (NMS Histology,concise and not well illustrated ) ,you won't find (as a medical student) such a comprehensive,organised,well illustrated textbook of Histology.However,you will need to buy a good atlas of Histology along with the book simply because the book is not an atlas. One of the features that I liked very much in the book is the simple coloured hand-drawn pictures which simplify the real microscopic slides very much and make easier to understand and draw. Another feature is that the book along with the histology text has also physiology, gross anatomy notes as well as clinical correlations in an integrated way so that you do not need to refer to other textbooks in Anatomy and physiology to correlate it with histology text. During my histology course , I did not need to refer any other book in histology (except to NMS Histology to some bits which I did not find detailed info about it in the book).It is really good book and I recommend to you as a textbook and reference (Especially if your course involves detailed knowledge about the material).

An Excellent Textbook of Histology

This book is really one of the best textbooks of Histology I have ever seen and if you exclude (NMS Histology,concise and not well illustrated ) ,you won't find (as a medical student) such a comprehensive,organised,well illustrated textbook of Histology.However,you will need to buy a good atlas of Histology along with the book simply because the book is not an atlas. One of the features that I liked very much in the book is the simple coloured hand-drawn pictures which simplify the real microscopic slides very much and make them easier to understand and to draw. Another feature is that the book along with the histology text has also physiology, gross anatomy notes as well as clinical correlations in an integrated way so that you do not need to refer to other textbooks in Anatomy and physiology to correlate it with histology text. During my histology course , I did not need to refer any other book in histology (except to NMS Histology to some bits which I did not find detailed info about it in the book).It is really good book and I recommend to you as a textbook and reference (Especially if your course involves detailed knowledge about the material).