histology

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Does anyone have any suggestions for a good book on histology that tells you what distinct things to look for when locating structures? They all look the same😱

 

[mdeast]

Wheaters is usually considered the histology "Bible". There's also some great histology Youtube video series online that go through slide by slide with voice over commentary.

 

[tkp]

The color atlas of histology (http://www.amazon.com/Color-Atlas-Histology-Leslie-Gartner/dp/0781725852) is one of the recommended atlases at my school, and it seems to do a fairly good job of explaining cells and landmarks. It also has real images of slides and electron micrographs.

 

[Lbgem]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good book on histology that tells you what distinct things to look for when locating structures? They all look the same😱

I liked Wheaters too. I understand what you're saying, and if you look at BU's histology website that is awesome for understanding the structures you're looking for. The labeled/unlabeled options helped me a lot. If your school is still looking at slides that kinda sucks big time; I preferred the virtual slides myself.

http://www.bu.edu/histology/

Here's the index: http://www.bu.edu/histology/m/index.htm

And here's an example (click on the label option to label and unlabel it): http://www.bu.edu/histology/p/02003loa.htm

Dr. Vaughn at BU was one of the best profs I had, and she also wrote a histo book/cd with slides labeled. I still liked Wheaters better because it was more in depth, and the labeled structures you could get from the sites I linked.

For me one of the coolest things at the end of histo was going from omg everything is pink and it all looks the same!!! to my roommate trying to figure out a picture in my pathology book and me telling him exactly what tissue it was from just the cells I could see. Don't panic, you'll get there by the end of histo.

 

[LRAccord624]

The color atlas of histology (http://www.amazon.com/Color-Atlas-Histology-Leslie-Gartner/dp/0781725852) is one of the recommended atlases at my school, and it seems to do a fairly good job of explaining cells and landmarks. It also has real images of slides and electron micrographs.

I used this atlas for both undergrad and med school histology and loved it.

Also, this is a great site that most people don't know about. It is public though: https://casweb.ou.edu/pbell/histology/Outline/contents.html#Tissues

 

[thedoctor8706]

I loved this atlas during MS1:

http://www.amazon.com/diFiores-Hist...0572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314223202&sr=8-1

 

[sanityonleave]

Wheater's is awesome. It covers everything you need to know in an organized manner without being overly detailed or burdensome.

As much as I didn't believe it when we started, histo is simply an acquired skill that gets better with practice. There was no real "Aha!" moment, just a series of times where I looked at the slide and went: "huh... I actually know what that is."

In spite of the fact that it gets better with practice, though, histo lab is useless. Use textbook slides that show what you're actually supposed to be looking at instead of struggling blindly through slides yourself trying to identify structures.

 

[tco]

Shotgun histology on youtube. It's fantastic.

 

[tco]

Wheater's is awesome. It covers everything you need to know in an organized manner without being overly detailed or burdensome.

As much as I didn't believe it when we started, histo is simply an acquired skill that gets better with practice. There was no real "Aha!" moment, just a series of times where I looked at the slide and went: "huh... I actually know what that is."

In spite of the fact that it gets better with practice, though, histo lab is useless. Use textbook slides that show what you're actually supposed to be looking at instead of struggling blindly through slides yourself trying to identify structures.

I think you need to treat it like anatomy lab. Memorize what's in the book, then try to apply it in the lab.

 

[isoquin]

I agree with Wheaters and the BU database, which is world famous in histology.

The best advice I ever got was to think of epithelium like chairs. You can go into any room in a house, and tell what the purpose of the room is based on its chairs. That's how you should also navigate histology. Use the epithelium as your first clue every time.

 

[CaptainSSO]

I liked Wheaters too. I understand what you're saying, and if you look at BU's histology website that is awesome for understanding the structures you're looking for. The labeled/unlabeled options helped me a lot. If your school is still looking at slides that kinda sucks big time; I preferred the virtual slides myself.

http://www.bu.edu/histology/

Here's the index: http://www.bu.edu/histology/m/index.htm

And here's an example (click on the label option to label and unlabel it): http://www.bu.edu/histology/p/02003loa.htm

Dr. Vaughn at BU was one of the best profs I had, and she also wrote a histo book/cd with slides labeled. I still liked Wheaters better because it was more in depth, and the labeled structures you could get from the sites I linked.

For me one of the coolest things at the end of histo was going from omg everything is pink and it all looks the same!!! to my roommate trying to figure out a picture in my pathology book and me telling him exactly what tissue it was from just the cells I could see. Don't panic, you'll get there by the end of histo.

How do you zoom in on those slides? I'm clicking the boxes which are supposedly the areas where you can increase the magnification, and nothing happens. Seems like an awesome site, I just can't zoom in :\

 

[isoquin]

that's odd. works just fine for me. try a different slide?

 

[CaptainSSO]

Hmm well I just tried it with IE and it worked. Lately I've been having problems properly viewing things (pics, vids) with Firefox, unfortunately.

 

[Shadowmoses]

Hmm well I just tried it with IE and it worked. Lately I've been having problems properly viewing things (pics, vids) with Firefox, unfortunately.

I have the same issue with firefox, chrome, and my IE wont load any pages. Weird. I downloaded Opera browser and now it works lol.