hey guys, I'm getting quite freaked out about histology. I'm having a horrible time with remembering the slides and the stains. The textbook is even worse (Junquiera)...everything is printed in such small text that's it's so hard to read just about any chapter..it just keeps going on and on about stuff and i get lost before i even know it...can anyone plz gimme any tips on how to study histo.? any advice would be appreciated....
IMPORTANT TIPS FOR HISTO. plz!!!!
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awww, it will be fine. i take it you just started the basic sciences. Well don't worry you will be fine at the end. We all went through it. I agree junquiera is a bit too much. So many fine details too, makes histology a little complex. But its actually simple, reason being that you just have to know the normal tissue. Histopathology is more tricky, because healthy tissue might be squashed up to the periphery, as such you have to do a thorough scan to find thenormal tissue, and from that make a reasonal diagnosis.
Well simple histo isn't too complex. This is what you do, Learn the basic types of cells and epithelia. Know the cell and epithelial lining of most of the major tissues and organs. That way you can make a simple assumption, and in most cases your instructors will give you the simple to identify tissues so don't worry ok.
i still remember this,
urothelium - a simple transitional epithelium
the skin - keratinising squamous epithelium
the squamocolumnar junction in the transitional zone of the cervix
I sure can identify most of the major organs too.
This is what you do...."look at the slide look at the label, look at the slide look at the label, and it sticks" sounds funny but it worked for me. Cos i did so well on my histo practical exam. Look hard at the slide, look at your histo atlas. identify the regions they are referring to. One more tip, always start from the lowest to the highest magnification - sure is what we are all taught, but students usually move to the high power lens, that usually hurts them. You can identify some salient features of specific tissues at low magnification.
hey there, thanks a lot for the advice....i'm gonna put it to test the next time i study histo. but when you said atlas...isn't junquiera enough....i mean it says it's a text and an atlas....or do i have to buy a separate one?
thanks once again...
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well that is quite true, but i am not too sure, i think the pics in junquiera are in black and white. or am i mistaken? I think a good colour atlas will not be bad. You can still use junqueira if the pics are in colour. All the best.
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Get a copy of Wheater's Functional Histology, or Ross and Pawlina Histology Text and Atlas.
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i definitely second the wheater's functional histology by young suggestion. i'm currently a first-year med student and i have found this book to be an awesome resource. i had a horrible time with the material in my micro anatomy course before i bought this text and it has been a lifesaver. well worth it!
p.s. you can find free download of the book online too (search for it at www.gigapedia.org)
p.s. you can find free download of the book online too (search for it at www.gigapedia.org)
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This might sound silly, but I've learned histology cold from YouTube. Search "Washington Deceit." He's a pathologist, and he gives short (3-5 mins) lectures on histology and histopathology of just about every organ/tissue you can think of. They're amazing; thorough but very straightforward.
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Ditto on the youtube tip. The website seethepathology.com has gotten Washington Deceit's permission to upload all his histo and pathology videos in high resolution, so you can soon view all of those at the website with higher quality and without having to go through youtube.
