Salient Features

• The content is updated without losing the originality of the author
• Syllabus followed as per National Medical Commission of India (NMC) requirements (addition of optic nerve and umbilical cord)
• Content is simplified to aid student in easy understanding and retention of learnt content
• Core highlight of this edition is addition of easily reproducible hand written diagrams of histology slides that . an undergraduate student witnesses in the practical class. This will help in practical record writing and during examination
• Identification points are added in the beginning of every chapter that aids in slide identification and last minute revision
• Applied aspects are added based on relevance
• Extra information has been differentiated as added information that can be referred if necessary
• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are added. Pushpalatha K MBBS MD (PhD) is Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara (JSS) Medical College, Mysuru, Karnataka, India. She has 17 years of experience in teaching anatomy for MBBS, BDS and various allied health science courses. She is a Co-convenor of Medical Education unit at her institute. She is the core member in preparing the integrated time table for CBME curriculum and key person to implement new curriculum at her institute. She is a FAIMER fellow with distinction and completed ACME with best poster award. She is perusing PhD in medical education and the topic is on "Bench marking of assessment in CBME". She is a passionate and dedicated teacher and works towards the betterment of the students. Deepa Bhat MBBS MD (PhD) is an Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara (JSS) Medical College, Mysuru, Karnataka, India. She has 13 years' experience in teaching anatomy. She is a part of medical education unit at JSS Medical College with FAIMER fellowship and ACME certification of MCI. She is very passionate about teaching and bringing reforms in education system as per the changing trends. Pushpa NB MBBS MD is an Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara (JSS) Medical College, Mysuru, Karnataka, India, and JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSSAHER), Mysuru with 7 years of teaching experience for MBBS, BDS and MSc students. She is a passionate teacher especially of histology and authored an article Innovation in Histology Practical Demonstration: Students and Teachers View Point published in International Journal of Anatomy and Research.