Origin 19th century
Histology, also called microscopic anatomy, microanatomy or histoanatomy, is the branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. It is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures visible without a microscope. Historically, microscopic anatomy was divided into organology, the study of organs, histology, the study of tissues, and cytology, the study of cells, although modern usage places all of these topics under histology. In medicine, histopathology is the branch of histology that includes the microscopic identification and study of diseased tissue, and in paleontology the term paleohistology refers to the histology of fossil organisms.
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Origin Period Histology
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Source Albert von Kölliker (Wikipedia)
Source Christian Georg Schmorl (Wikipedia)
Source Eduard von Rindfleisch (Wikipedia)
Source Enrico Sertoli (Wikipedia)
Source Franz Christian Boll (Wikipedia)
Source Karl Bogislaus Reichert (Wikipedia)
Source Karl Otto Weber (Wikipedia)
Source Martin Heidenhain (source article)
Source Pol Bouin (Wikipedia)
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1. Milestones in Histology (Southern Illinois University)
Timeline entry, 1819Quote, Timeline entry, 1819
Karl Mayer applies the word "histology" (German, Histologie) as the name for the new discipline founded by Bichat.
Histology (Wikipedia)
Christian Georg Schmorl (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Christian Georg Schmorl, Third paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Christian Georg Schmorl, Third paragraph
Schmorl is remembered for his work in histology and his studies of the human skeleton.
Karl Bogislaus Reichert (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Karl Bogislaus Reichert, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Karl Bogislaus Reichert, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
was a German anatomist, embryologist and histologist
Franz Christian Boll (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Franz Christian Boll, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Franz Christian Boll, Lead [specialist-in]
was a German physiologist and histologist
Karl Otto Weber (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Karl Otto Weber, BiographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Karl Otto Weber, Biography
As a pathological anatomist, Weber specialized in the fields of histology and histogenesis.
Martin Heidenhain (source article)
Notable Specialists: Martin Heidenhain, Lead section and biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Martin Heidenhain, Lead section and biography [specialist-in]
Heidenhain is remembered for his work in comparative anatomy, embryology and histology.
Albert von Kölliker (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Albert von Kölliker, Lead sentence [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Albert von Kölliker, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist
Enrico Sertoli (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Enrico Sertoli, Lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Enrico Sertoli, Lead [in-group]
was an Italian physiologist, histologist, anatomist, biological chemist, physician, teacher, and inventor
Pol Bouin (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Pol Bouin, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Pol Bouin, Lead [specialist-in]
was a French histologist and reproductive endocrinologist
Eduard von Rindfleisch (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Eduard von Rindfleisch, Article text, field of practiceQuote, Notable Specialists: Eduard von Rindfleisch, Article text, field of practice
was a German pathologist and histologist.
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