Anatomy - Answers Science which deals with structures of the healthy body of animals and humans. The
structure is revealed by naked eye observations and it is based on dissection
Gross Anatomy - Answers Encompasses all those structures accessible by dissection and direct
inspection
Microanatomy-Histology - Answers Study of the tissues of the body and how cells and tissues integrate
to form organs
Embryology - Answers The science which deals with ontogenetic development I.e. with the development
of a new individual
What are the 3 branches of histology? - Answers Cytology
General Histology, Histology
Special Histology
Cytology - Answers Science which deals with structure and function of the cell
General Histology, Histology - Answers Deals with structure of tissues
Special Histology - Answers Also called ORGANOLOGY deals with the microscopic structure of organs
What are the 2 components that interact to make up tissues? - Answers Cells
Extracellular Matrix (ECM)
How does a light microscope work? - Answers Light beam is transmitted through a tissue
What types of microscopy are included in light microscopy? - Answers Conventional bright field
Fluorescence
Phase-contrast
Differential interference
Confocal
Polarizing
What does a bright field microscope require? - Answers Requires staining, such as cytochemistry
demonstration of mitochondria in sperms
Phase contrast microscopy - Answers -based on the principle that light changes its speed when passing
through structures with different refractive indices