Histology of Tissues and Organs - Human Development and Functional Histology

Author: Cheng Lingzhong (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Histology and embryology both belong to the field of morphology. Over the long course of their development, they have mutually permeated, advanced, and been closely linked. In China's nearly 50 years of medical education, histology and embryology have been classified as a fundamental medical course, and it has been customary to teach them separately in sequence. From the fertilized egg to a complex individual, the structure and function of the organism are always influenced by the environment and evolve during growth and aging. With the rapid progress of modern life sciences, people's understanding of organismal development and its structural and functional changes has become increasingly profound, and the research on histology and embryology at the cellular and molecular levels has also been closely intertwined. In light of this, considering the development of disciplines and teaching effectiveness, we envisioned changing the teaching model that has long separated the content of histology and embryology for decades. We attempted to organically integrate the teaching content of these two disciplines, using the development of the human body as a thread, closely combining the occurrence, development, structure, and related functions of various tissues and organs, making it a substantial course. Therefore, the title of this book is "Histology and Embryology—Human Development and Functional Histology." Among the over 500 illustrations in this book, almost all are light microscopic color photographs of tissue sections and color diagrams drawn by the authors for each chapter, except for the electron microscope images. The illustrations are richly accompanied by text, arranged in sequence with the text, which is beneficial for creating multimedia courseware for teaching. This is one of the distinctive features of this textbook. New editions of similar textbooks abroad generally use color illustrations, which is a common characteristic of textbooks in the field of morphology.