Histology Quiz

Branches of Biology

• Histology is the branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues.

Histology Subfields

• Pathological histology involves the microscopic identification and study of diseased tissue.
• Micropaleontology is the term for the histology of fossil organisms.

Animal Tissues

• There are four basic types of animal tissues: epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissues.
• Modern usage places under the field of histology the study of these four basic tissue types.
• The subtypes of these four basic tissue types are:
  • Epithelial: squamous, cuboidal, columnar, and transitional
  • Connective: loose, dense, and specialized
  • Muscle: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac
  • Nervous: neurons and glial cells

Relations to Other Fields

• Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy.
• Histology is closely related to cell biology, which is the branch of biology that studies the study of cells.
• Pathological histology is a branch of histology that includes the microscopic identification and study of diseased tissue.