The cell (updated with additional information)

How to perform well in Histology 1. First, try to see the architecture of the cell. Is it circular, flat or irregular? 2. Second, identify the lining epithelium. Is it squamous, columnar or cuboidal? 3. Are the nuclei of the cells large or small? Take note of the colors of the nuclei and cytoplasm. 4. Maximize the use of the laboratory slides and compare what you have seen under the microscope with images from histology books. Images from these books have much superior pictures that are not found on routine slides. 5…. Read More

Introduction to Medical Histology – 1

  The picture shown represents one of the key activities that you are going to do for the Medical Histology Course. Medical Histology covers all of the body’s systems and because they not only focus on microscopic structure, but also on structure-function relationships at the cell and tissue levels, other fundamental subjects like anatomy, physiology and biochemistry must be thoroughly reviewed in order to fully comprehend the topics that would be discussed in this course. From time to time, we may upload medical histology pictures in this site and you may provide… Read More