Histology: A Text and Atlas, with Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology, 6th Edition 6th Edition

Wow! I bought this book a couple of months ago, but just got around to opening it up last night to study for a histology test. I expected to find a slew of labelled photomicrographs to review, but this book is actually so much more! It is really an anatomy, physiology and histology text all in one - and it is done very very well.The book is divided into 24 chapters, with chapters by system, tissue type, basic cell biology as well as tissue/slide preparation. Each chapter covers the anatomy and physiology of the system or tissue in question extremely well. The text gets right to the point, but is still very complete in its explanations. Within each paragraph, key words are bolded in red, so you can quickly find the exact topic you are interested in within a subject. All topics are supplemented with fully labelled light and electron photomicrographs of each structure, tissue and cell. Illustrations also accompany a majority of the micrographs to clarify things.All illustrations and micrographs are thoroughly labelled. Within text pictures are typically 1/4 to 1/2 page in size, and each chapter has its own set of full-page color plates for even better up-close visualization and study. The full-page color photomicrographs at the end of each chapter are fully labelled, but go even further than that with exact descriptions of each label on the opposing page. This is really amazing, because, for instance, on a slide of the kidney that I was studying, not only were the proximal and distal tubules and collecting ducts labelled, there were also accompanying descriptions on the opposing page as to why one was different from another in these very similar looking structures. With labels alone I would have had a difficult time identifying these structures on my own slides, but with the added description accompanying each label as to why one was slightly different from another, I can now easily pick out the nuances of each that differentiate them.An added plus are the clinical correlations (several per chapter) as well as online access to the book with a special "scratch-off" code inside the front cover. I also like that chapters have a color strip and subject title (e.g. ovary) down the lateral margin of each page; this makes it extremely easy to find the section/topic you are looking for by simply thumbing the pages versus having to look in the table of contents to find the chapter/page for the system you are after.Note that the book does have a soft cover, so if you are going to be carrying it around with you, you'll want to put a plastic laminate on it to protect it. The pages themselves are all in full-color on high quality, semi-gloss stock. Total pages are 974 and the book itself is just a bit over 1 inch thick.Overall, this is a really an amazing book! You could definitely use it as a basic physiology text in addition to being your histology reference source and learning guide. There are so many features in this book that have been well thought out that the authors and publishers really should be applauded for -- the in-text bolding of key words, the subject strips down the side of each page for easy thumbing, but especially for the excellent photomicrographs, labelling and explanations of each cell type and structure. Well done and highly recommended! Worth far more than the sub-$100 price being charged!

I am a first year med student currently taking histology. The recommended histo textbook at my school is Wheater's functional histology. But after browsing through it at the bookstore, I found even though Wheater provides you with a lot of large staining images, it does not give a lot of detailed information.After carefully going through all the popular histo book on the market, I decided to purchase Ross's histology, and I am not at all disappointed. This book is amazingly detailed and well organized. The best part is, it is divided into tissue types (epithelium, connective tissues, etc) and then eventually combine them into organ systems (skin, GI tract, etc). Moreover, there are a lot of clinical anecdotes throughout the book, which really gives you a direction in studying histology. I can already see myself using this book as a reference when I start my blocks.All in all, I highly recommend this textbook for anyone who wants a firm background in histology and pathology. Definitely worth having!!

This book is ridiculously easy to read and become addicted to! Most authors are concerned with showing off their vernacular. This one concentrates on making his book easy to understand and gives plenty of diagrams to show what he's talking about. He gives much interesting information and makes sure you understand it before going on. I can't speak on whether or not it is a great med-school text because I never went to med-school, but it is enough to make me wish that I did. It took strong will-power for me to put the book down and go to bed since I didn't have to keep picking up my dictionary.

This book is dense. As a first year medical student the one thing that you are very limited on is time. This book will definitely have a lot of information that will help you pass your exams, but it also has a lot of information that is better left for PhDs instead of MDs. Don't get me wrong, the more information a doctor has the better, but when you are just trying to pass your first year instead of step1 or beyond then this book can be a little much. I was fortunate to use the last edition before than this edition and I honestly think that the previous edition was a little easier to read because not everything was bold faced and colored like in the new edition. The book kind of went over hill with all the different color fonts and that can get kind of annoying if this is your first read through. However, the nice thing that this version has versus previous editions is that it has more pictures, which is nice if you have never seen a structure and need multiple slides of it. Your university will also likely have a set of online slides, but it is nice to have the ones in the books just to test to see if you can identify the structure in different view or preparation. I wish I could recommend another book that was more concise but this is the only histo book I have had experience with. If you get it, know that there is no way in hell that your prof will be able to cover everything that is in a chapter in just one lecture, so read cautiously and don't think about learning everything that is written because it is very likely that you will get so thinned out by all the information that you will do poorly.

This is an excellent textbook on histology. It's very detailed (it can almost serve as a basic physiology textbook) and has many illustrations and micrographs. Another nice feature about this text is that it contains clinical anecdotes, which are interesting to read.If you're taking a histology course, get this book! You'll be glad you did.

I just completed my histology course this semester and I would not have made it without this text. It really is a reliable atlas, and in many cases, it goes into detail beyond the requirements of the class. My favorite aspect was the slides at the end of each chapter.