Histology - Glossary Of Medical Terms

Histology - Glossary Of Medical Terms
Histology - Glossary Of Medical Terms

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Histology

Histology [histologia - LNH (Leningrad histological nomenclature); Greek histos - tissue + logos - doctrine, science] is a biomedical science that studies the patterns of structure, development and function of tissues in humans and multicellular animals.

Types of histology:

  • general - an area that studies the general patterns of structure, development and function of tissues, develops methods for their study and classification;
  • descriptive - a direction based on the description of the structure of tissues;
  • comparative - a direction dealing with the comparison of the structure, development and function of tissues in variously organized animals;
  • private (synonym: microscopic anatomy) - an area devoted to the study of the microscopic structure of individual organs and body systems;
  • evolutionary - a direction that studies the patterns of tissue development in the course of phylogenesis;
  • ecological - an area devoted to the study of the structure and development of tissues, depending on the impact of living conditions and adaptation to the environment;
  • experimental - a direction dealing with the study of tissue changes due to experimental effects.

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