BRS Cell Biology and Histology (Board Review Series) [Paperback]

Leslie P. Gartner (Author), James L. Hiatt (Author), Judy M. Strum (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781785774 | ISBN-13: 978-0781785778 | Publication Date: November 13, 2006 | Edition: Fifth

This Fifth Edition continues the BRS tradition of an outline-format review for USMLE and course exams, with review questions at the end of each chapter and a comprehensive USMLE-format examination at the end of the book. Each chapter also features a high-yield section on clinical correlations. The book is concise and well illustrated, with line drawings and electron micrographs. This edition features updated content, additional electron micrographs, new conceptual line drawings, and review questions in current USMLE format.

Additional multiple-choice questions, photomicrographs, and electron micrographs for further review will be available online at thePoint.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Doody's Book Review Service, Bruce A. Fenderson, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA -- "This book provides a study guide for students taking cell biology/histology courses and serves as an excellent review for medical licensing examinations. The 21 chapters cover topics ranging from cytoplasm and organelles to urinary system in an abbreviated outline format. Clinical correlations and practice questions with explanations are included in each chapter...The book is written primarily for first and second-year medical students who are learning microscopic anatomy/cell biology and preparing for the USMLE Step 1... "A comprehensive examination is included at the end of the book. This updated edition offers online access to numerous full-color illustrations and tables, including new online photomicrographs. Bonus questions and color images are also provided online. The authors are outstanding medical educators and researchers. "This review book provides an excellent study guide for histology and cell biology. The illustrations and tables are helpful and informative. The authors emphasize key words and organize key concepts. The clinical considerations are excellent and help advanced students integrate information learned in pathology...This book will capture the attention of medical students and allied health professionals interested in self-assessment and a formatted approach to board review."-Doody's Book Review Service (Weighted Numerical Score: 90, 4 Stars) 15-OCT-2008

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fifth edition (November 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781785774
• ISBN-13: 978-0781785778
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #408,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #63 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Histology

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for class- too long for the Boards, March 31, 2007

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Alvaro E. Galvis (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BRS Cell Biology and Histology (Board Review Series) (Paperback)

If you are a starting MS1 this is a good book to use for class as it has alot of good detail condensed in an outline format. It comes with a CD that has been quite helpful. However, when it comes to the Boards is just too big of a book for a subject that is not high yield- think about it- this book is just as big as BRS Path. Do you really have that much time to read a low yield subject? No. So instead for Histo- I recommend using a smaller book to review for the boards: I recommed Road Maps: Histo as opposed to High Yield Histo.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All You'll Need for Microanatomy, June 7, 2010

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R. D. Heath (Conway, AR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BRS Cell Biology and Histology (Board Review Series) (Paperback)

I admit, I'm a bit biased here because for my Microanatomy class we were assigned Gartner & Hiatt's Color Textbook of Histology. Since they wrote this as well, it was a great companion to the textbook. In fact, the organization is essentially (if not exactly) identical, & in this format you're given everything you need to study in under 20 pages rather than in several long chapters. This book was a lifesaver for me. I used it in conjunction with BRS Phys - get the physiology down pat, then completing the story by going through all the different cell types discussed in this book. It's a fast, clear read with some great clinical correlations at the end of each chapter. My only complaint would be that the review questions tend to focus solely on the page or so of CCs at the end & less on the concepts presented in the outlines. If you have a Cell Bio course separate from your Micro or Histo course (as I did), I don't know if the Cell Bio coverage (only 3 chapters) will be sufficiently in depth, but what's there is definitely high yield. Bottom line - you'll definitely want this book if you're using G&H's text. If not, I thought it was a great (& fast) review book for the NBME, & ultimately worth the money regardless of your assigned text.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Kaplan's review for Histology., June 28, 2008

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gooseberry (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BRS Cell Biology and Histology (Board Review Series) (Paperback)

A must have. Really important and understandable facts in the light of USMLE. I'm reading some other books on this subject too, and I have inferred that this one is very good.