Introduction to Functional Histology (2nd Edition)

This state-of-the-art textbook offers undergraduate and graduate students a complete introduction to histology. It contains end-of-chapter summary charts and a full-colour histological "look-alikes" atlas. This edition is updated and reviewed with information on a wide range of new topics, including histogenesis, endocytosis, an expanded discussion of intermediate filaments, the histophysiology of glands, haemal nodes, embryonic development of skin, foetal cortex of the adrenal gland, expanded discussion of the sertoli cell and blood supply of the endometriyu, and the development of the reticular membrane of the eye. Also investigated are the latest microscopes, such as the atomic force microscope and the confocal laser scanning microscope. The authors have included many useful insights in the "Clinical comments" sections.

Ira Rockwood Telford received his undergraduate and M.A. degrees from the University of Utah, and his Ph.D. from George Washington University. He is currently a Visiting Professor of Anatomy at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Telford has served as Instructor and Assistant Professor of Anatomy at George Washington University, and as Professor and Chairman of Department of Anatomy at the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy School of Medicine at George Washington University, from 1953-72 where he became Emeritus Professor. Telford has also served as Professor of Anatomy at the Medical School of Georgetown University. He has taught anatomy to medical, dental, and graduate students for over fifty-five years. Telford is the author of a number of textbooks, monographs, and has served as an editor of numerous scientific publications. He is a member of a variety of professional associations including the American Association of Anatomists, Sigma Xi, and The International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee. Telford has received awards including a Fulbright scholarship to Great Britain, a listing in the World Who's Who in Science, and an Emeritus Scientist Award from the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine.