Welcome to Histology at SIU

Welcome to Histology at SIU

In these web-pages you will find extensively hyper-linked notes and images summarizing the basics of tissue organization in the human body.

About this resource (pdf)

History: This website was initially created by David G. King (currently Associate Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University Carbondale) during several years in the early 2000s, with support from the SIU School of Medicine. That support was discontinued in July of 2021, at which time this website was re-established at its present location.

Questions, comments, or error notes are welcome, sent to the email address at the bottom of each page

Accessibility: Most images in this website are micrographs illustrating the accompanying text. That text can be read without regard to the images, except to note that most small images are links to pages whose accompanying text describes details within enlargments of those images. Because "alternative text" could do little more than duplicate that accompanying text, "alternative text" is not provided for most images.

Contents

Introduction -- Orientation to histology. Basic tissues: epithelium, connective tissue, muscle, nerve (more nervous tissue) Microscopy, tissue preparation Skin, inflammation, blood
CRR Cardiovascular system Respiratory system Renal system
NMB (= SSB) Nervous tissue skin / muscle / bone & cartilage eye / ear.
ERG Endocrine system Reproductive systems: Male / Female Gastrointestinal system
Image Index Eponyms: Brief notes on the history of histology
Using this histology resource / print resources / access to literature SAQ (Self Assessment Questions)
A few external resources Zoomified Virtual Histology offers many tissues for virtual microscopic examination (at Loyola University Medical Education Network LUMEN). Webpath, hosted by The University of Utah Eccles Health Sciences Library, is a vast resource of materials related to pathology, including many micrographs of normal and pathological specimens. The Pathology Guy: Ed "the Pathguy" Friedlander offers an extensive array of pathology-related resources, including introductory histology. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th ed., online textbook by Bruce Alberts, et al., © 2002. (This is "the classic in-depth text reference in cell biology," recommended as a refresher or solid introduction to topics in cell biology).

SEARCH THE SITE:

Portrait of web-page author David King, a 60-year-old white guy (now 74, at latest page update), with short, pale gray hair and beard, wearing wire-frame eyeglasses, white shirt, and tie. Questions, comments, or error notes: dgking@siu.edu

SIUC / School of Medicine / Anatomy / David King

https://histology.siu.edu/index.htm
Last updated: 23 April 2022 / dgk