Introduction to Histology

If you are unsure about the place of tissue studies within the medical curriculum, you might read any or all of the following short essays:

• What is histology?
• Why study histology?
• How should histology be studied?
  • (Viewing tissue specimens on microscope slides.)
     
• What are the core concepts of histology?
• What are the most common patterns of tissue organization?
   
• Elementary histopathology.

• BASICS
  
  • Cells (outline only)
  • Basic Tissue Types (essential introduction)
  • Tools of histology (microscopy and tissue preparation)
     
• INTRODUCTORY TOPICS
  • Skin (recommended for introductory examples of tissue organization)
    • Skin Biopsy (practice exercise)
  • Inflammation
  • Epithelial tissue
  • Connective tissue
  • Blood and Blood Cells
  • Nerve and muscle tissue
  • Question & answer.  Answers to questions posed by students.
     
  • SAQ.  Self Assessment Questions.
     
• ORGAN SYSTEM UNITS
  • CRR -- Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal
  • SSB -- Sensorimotor Systems and Behavior
    • Nervous tissue
    • skin  /  muscle  /  bone & cartilage
    • eye  /  ear. 
      
  • ERG -- Endocrine, Reproductive, Gastrointestinal)
     
• Outside resources for "virtual microscopy":
  • Zoomified Virtual Histology, at Loyola University Medical Education Network LUMEN, offers many tissues for virtual microscopic examination. 
  • Histology Guide offers a collection of slides for virtual microscopy, with extensive supporting materials (including associated print textbook and atlas).
       

SEARCH THE SITE:	WWW histology.siu.edu

 

Comments and questions: dgking@siu.edu

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