Histology Practical Manual, 6th Edition is our NMC Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum-aligned practical guide built specifically for the MBBS histology laboratory. This new edition adds fresh slides mapped to the current National Medical Commission syllabus and keeps the manual's slide-by-slide practical format: a hand-drawn H&E diagram for every prescribed slide, a lettered legend translating each labeled structure, and short must-know Identification Points that tell students exactly what examiners look for.

Across 77 practical slides we take students from the foundational tissues (epithelium, connective tissue, cartilage, bone, muscle, nerve) through every major organ system - lymphoid organs, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, male and female reproductive, endocrine, special senses, and central nervous system - finishing at the spinal cord. Each slide entry combines the labeled diagram and identification points with bulleted structure-and-function notes, and we have included compare-and-contrast microscopic features tables so related slides (for example artery vs vein, or the salivary gland types) can be revised side by side.

Chapter Name Pages Action
Prelims i-x
Chapter-01 Simple Epithelium 1-3
Chapter-02 Stratified Epithelium 4-9
Chapter-03 Connective Tissue 10-11
Chapter-04 Connective Tissue Fibers 12-13
Chapter-05 Adipose Tissue 14-15
Chapter-06 Hyaline Cartilage 16-17
Chapter-07 Elastic Cartilage 18-19
Chapter-08 White Fibrocartilage 20-21
Chapter-09 Bone—Transverse Section 22-23
Chapter-10 Bone—Longitudinal Section 24-25
Chapter-11 Cancellous Bone 26-27
Chapter-12 Skeletal Muscle 28-29
Chapter-13 Cardiac Muscle 30-31
Chapter-14 Smooth Muscle 32-33
Chapter-15 Peripheral Nerve—Transverse Section 34-35
Chapter-16 Peripheral Myelinated Nerve 36-37
Chapter-17 Optic Nerve—Transverse Section 38-39
Chapter-18 Sympathetic Ganglion 40-41
Chapter-19 Dorsal Root Ganglion/Spinal Ganglion 42-43
Chapter-20 Large Artery/Elastic Artery 44-45
Chapter-21 Medium-sized Artery/Muscular Artery 46-47
Chapter-22 Large Vein 48-49
Chapter-23 Medium-sized Vein 50-51
Chapter-24 Capillaries and Sinusoids 52-53
Chapter-25 Lymph Node 54-55
Chapter-26 Spleen 56-57
Chapter-27 Tonsil 58-59
Chapter-28 Thymus 60-61
Chapter-29 Serous Salivary Gland 62-63
Chapter-30 Mucus Salivary Gland 64-65
Chapter-31 Mixed Salivary Gland 66-67
Chapter-32 Thick Skin 68-69
Chapter-33 Thin Skin 70-71
Chapter-34 Hair 72-73
Chapter-35 Trachea 74-75
Chapter-36 Lung 76-77
Chapter-37 Lip 78-79
Chapter-38 Tongue 80-83
Chapter-39 Tooth 84-85
Chapter-40 Esophagus 86-87
Chapter-41 Stomach: Fundus and Body 88-89
Chapter-42 Stomach: Pylorus 90-91
Chapter-43 Duodenum 92-93
Chapter-44 Jejunum 94-95
Chapter-45 Ileum 96-97
Chapter-46 Large Intestine 98-99
Chapter-47 Appendix 100-101
Chapter-48 Liver 102-103
Chapter-49 Gallbladder 104-105
Chapter-50 Pancreas 106-107
Chapter-51 Kidney 108-109
Chapter-52 Ureter 110-111
Chapter-53 Urinary Bladder 112-113
Chapter-54 Prostatic Urethra 114-115
Chapter-55 Testis 116-117
Chapter-56 Epididymis 118-119
Chapter-57 Ductus Deferens/Vas Deferens 120-121
Chapter-58 Prostate 122-123
Chapter-59 Seminal Vesicle 124-125
Chapter-60 Ovary 126-127
Chapter-61 Uterus 128-131
Chapter-62 Fallopian Tube 132-133
Chapter-63 Mammary Gland 134-139
Chapter-64 Umbilical Cord 140-141
Chapter-65 Placenta 142-143
Chapter-66 Pituitary Gland 144-145
Chapter-67 Suprarenal/Adrenal Gland 146-147
Chapter-68 Thyroid and Parathyroid 148-149
Chapter-69 Cornea 150-151
Chapter-70 Retina 152-153
Chapter-71 Cerebrum 154-155
Chapter-72 Cerebellum 156-157
Chapter-73 Spinal Cord 158-160 The aim of this book is to focus on the practical manual of histology. The main objective is to present complicated histology diagrams in a simple and easy manner. Our students are finding it difficult to replicate diagrams from standard textbooks and atlases. Many diagrams are too complicated with minute details which are not required to be drawn in the record books for an undergraduate student. This book contains hand drawn H and E diagrams of all the slides which are included in the syllabus for undergraduate medical students. In the present edition, many new slides are added to covering the curriculum of various universities in India. Author has also given short specific identification points for each slide. Few identification points have also been added which are must know for an undergraduate medical student about the structure and function of the tissues. This book will help to make histology record drawings easy for most of the students.
Shetty Balakrishna
AJ Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

Poonja Sweekritha H
AJ Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India