Updated with great care to reflect the latest concepts and developments in the field, this concise, extensively illustrated text presents the fundamental science and clinical application of cellular and molecular biology.

Functioning as a combination of text and atlas, it is essentially two books for the price of one and provides an understandable and visually captivating teaching of histology from scratch. The images, tables, chapter summaries, and multiple-choice questions facilitate the understanding of concepts, while the clinical references highlight the practical application of the material.

• Unique illustrations – including photomicrographs, electron microscope images, schematic diagrams, and sketches – allow for visual perception and easier understanding of difficult concepts.

• Clinical references throughout the text showcase the clinical applications and reinforce the view that histology is not merely related to pathology and physiology but essentially constitutes one of the necessary foundations of clinical practice.

• New! At the end of each chapter, the section “References in Pathology” appears.

• Helpful tables provide a summary at a glance of the key points.

• Highlighted key terms, bullet-point lists, and chapter summaries emphasize the information that you "must know" in each chapter.

• Each chapter contains a combination of USMLE-type questions and image-based questions.