Pre-requisite: 62101
The main topics in this unit are: basic microscopy, review of cell ultra structure; basic cytology and cytological methods; blood and connective tissue proper; epithelial tissue; muscle and nervous tissue; fixation of tissues; processing tissue for sectioning (eg. the paraffin method);cutting paraffin sections; frozen sections (cryotomy); routine and special staining procedures for paraffin sections; preparation of permanent slides; basic histochemistry; study of the histology of the organs/structures sectioned; care and maintenance of the instruments used in histotechnology; safety aspects of histology laboratories.