Histology and Embryology - (6th Edition)

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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Histology is a highly practical discipline, and the practical course holds significant weight in teaching, with its main content being the observation of tissue sections. This book attempts to include a "Specimen Observation Guide" (containing 85 specimens) and over a hundred color light microscope photos, allowing students to use this book for both theoretical and practical courses, making it more practical, user-friendly, and economical. Other content of the practical course (such as observing special staining teaching slides, electron microscope photos, teaching videos, models, etc.) should be set up by each school according to its teaching resources. This revision retains, modifies, and updates the inserts from the fifth edition. The content of the inserts includes famous experiments, relatively new research findings, clinical-related issues, and unresolved challenges, with a depth that can be understood by first-year students, while also emphasizing vivid descriptions. The revision of Histology and Embryology (6th Edition) was carried out under the leadership of the National Higher Medical Education Textbook Construction Research Association. The purpose of the revision is to make this textbook adapt to the current educational trends in China and the new developments in this discipline. The fifth edition of this book was well-received by teachers and students for its practicality, simplicity, vividness, and ease of self-study, and the sixth edition continues to strive for these qualities. In terms of content selection, it highlights knowledge that is most useful for most students in their later courses (mainly physiology, pathology, and obstetrics) and future clinical work. Histology is a highly practical discipline, and the practical course holds significant weight in teaching, with its main content being the observation of tissue sections. Therefore, this book attempts to include a "Specimen Observation Guide" (containing 85 specimens) and over a hundred color light microscope photos, allowing students to use this book for both theoretical and practical courses, making it more practical, user-friendly, and economical. Other content of the practical course (such as observing special staining teaching slides, electron microscope photos, teaching videos, models, etc.) should be set up by each school according to its teaching resources. This revision retains, modifies, and updates the inserts from the fifth edition. The content of the inserts includes famous experiments, relatively new research findings, clinical-related issues, and unresolved challenges, with a depth that can be understood by first-year students, while also emphasizing vivid descriptions. The purpose of writing the inserts is to spark interest in reading, inspire thinking, expand the scope of knowledge, and give the textbook a humanistic touch. Additionally, the sixth edition features several art masterpieces related to the book's content to enhance its humanistic atmosphere and appeal to young students. The sixth edition is the first to use coated paper for printing, with all text and images integrated in a double-column layout, not only improving the print quality of images in the textbook but also making it easier for students to study efficiently.