Welcome
to Histology at
SIU SOM
This site provides histology resources serving the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Year One Curriculum.
Accessibility: Because the content of this website is essentially image-based (i.e., images are the content), "alternative text" is not used for most images.
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Web Privacy Notice
From any page, you may e-mail questions to Dr. King by scrolling to the bottom of the page (or by pressing the "Ctrl-End" keys), and then clicking on the "comments or questions" link.
Contents
- Introduction -- Orientation to histology.
(Includes basic tissue types, skin, inflammation, blood, tools.)
- SSB
- Nervous tissue
- skin / muscle / bone & cartilage
- eye / ear.
Exceptional external resources
- Many tissues are available for virtual microscopic examination, at the Virtual Slidebox. These online histology specimens at the University of Iowa Department of Pathology, may be examined with full range of magnification and movement. Requires Java and fast internet connection. [ more about Virtual Slidebox ]
- Histology Atlas
- Human Histopathology Atlas
- Annotated Histology Laboratory (specimens include introductory notes)
- Rhodin's An Atlas of Histology Online, an exceptional collection of electron micrographs of tissues in most organs.
- Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th ed., textbook by Bruce Alberts, et al., © 2002.
- The Inner Life of the Cell offers an elegant animated video of cell activity viewed from a molecular perspective, by Alain Viel and Robert A. Lue at Harvard University.
Choose "FULL VERSION" for narration. [Also see about the making of this video.]
- More histology Links -- access to additional material available at other websites.
- Other links related to the medical curriculum
SEARCH THE SITE:
If you notice any errors or problems with this site, please send a note by clicking here: dgking@siu.edu
Comments
and questions: