Module code | ANA 316 |
Qualification | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
Module content | General introduction to light and electron microscopic techniques: fixation, processing, imbedding, staining. Principles of different staining techniques for LM and EM: routine stains, proteins, carbohydrates, amino acids, metachromasia, immunocytochemistry, lectin stains, specialised stains. Principles of the operation of LM and EM: general LM, fluorescent microscopy, differential contrast microscopy, dark field microscopy, phase contrast microscopy, transmission and scanning electron microscopy. |
Module credits | 18.00 |
Programmes | |
Service modules | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Prerequisites | ANA 226 |
Contact time | 2 lectures per week, 1 practical per week |
Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
Department | Anatomy |
Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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