Histology and Cell Biology: An Introduction to Pathology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition

by Abraham L. Kierszenbaum, M.D., Ph.D. and Laura Tres, M.D., Ph.D.

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ISBN: 9780323683791

Publication Date: 07-10-2019

Page Count: 824

Imprint: Elsevier

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Contents

PART I BASIC TISSUES AND INTEGRATED CELL BIOLOGY AND GENERAL PATHOLOGY
1. EPITHELIUM
2. EPITHELIAL GLANDS
3. CELL SIGNALING
4. CONNECTIVE TISSUE
5. OSTEOGENESIS
6. BLOOD AND HEMATOPOIESIS
7. MUSCLE TISSUE
8. NERVOUS TISSUE
9. SENSORY ORGANS: VISION AND HEARING

PART II ORGAN SYSTEMS: PROTECTION OF THE BODY
10. IMMUNE-LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
11. INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

PART III ORGAN SYSTEMS: BLOOD CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS
12. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
13. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
14. URINARY SYSTEM

PART IV ORGAN SYSTEMS: THE ALIMENTARY SYSTEM
15. UPPER DIGESTIVE SEGMENT
16. LOWER DIGESTIVE SEGMENT
17. DIGESTIVE GLANDS

PART V ORGAN SYSTEMS: THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
18. NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM
19. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

PART VI ORGAN SYSTEMS: THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
20. SPERMATOGENESIS
21. SPERM TRANSPORT AND MATURATION
22. FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE
23. FERTILIZATION, PLACENTATION, AND LACTATION
Authors

Abraham L. Kierszenbaum, M.D., Ph.D., Emeritus Medical (Clinical) Professor, The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA and Laura Tres, M.D., Ph.D., Emeritus Medical (Clinical) Professor, The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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