Comparative Anatomy and Histology. A Mouse and Human Atlas

DESCRIPTION

Comparative Anatomy and Histology: A Mouse and Human Atlas is aimed at the new mouse investigator as well as medical and veterinary pathologists who need to expand their knowledge base into comparative anatomy and histology. It guides the reader through normal mouse anatomy and histology using direct comparison to the human. The side by side comparison of mouse and human tissues highlight the unique biology of the mouse, which has great impact on the validation of mouse models of human disease.

READERSHIP

Human and veterinary pathologists, pathology residents, laboratory animal medicine veterinarians, and principal investigators, postdoctoral and graduate students working with genetically manipulated mice.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Tissue harvesting
3. Phenotyping
4. Cutaneous Tissue
5. Mammary Gland
6. Skeletal System
7. Nervous System
8. Special Senses
9. Upper aerodigestive system
10. Respiratory
11. Cardiovascular
12. Upper GI
13. Lower GI
14. Liver
15. Pancreas
16. Hematopoietic
17. Urinary
18. Female Reproductive
19. Male Reproductive
20. Endocrine System

AUTHOR

Edited by Piper M. Treuting, DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVP, Assistant Professor and Chief of Comparative Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA and Suzanne M. Dintzis, MD, PhD , Anatomic Pathology Division, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA