1-0 Basic concepts – HISTOLOGY. IN CONSTRUCTION. An interactive site that uses a unique way to indicate components of tissues and organs in about 400 images of tissue sections, obtained with an optical microscope.

1-0 BASIC CONCEPTS CONCERNING THE STUDY OF HISTOLOGICAL SLIDES

PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER:
– Define what is a histological slide
– Distinguish cells and their boundaries
– Distinguish cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleolus
– Discuss some cautions when examining thin sections of three-dimensional objects
– Show different cell shapes
– Become familiar with the dimensions of microscopic structures
– Understand the results of staining histological sections with hematoxylin and eosin

This chapter has 29 pages.

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A histological slide. Cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleolus
Cells and their boundaries
Binucleated cells
Analysing tissue sections
Thinking on 3D: beginning
Thinking on 3D:cell shapes
Some words about dimensions in microscopy
Hematoxylin and eosin staining
Obtaining sections of hard tissues
Cells, tissues and organs

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