Blood consists of plasma and formed elements. Plasma, which makes up about 55% of blood, is the straw-colored clear liquid in which cellular elements and dissolved substances (solutes) ...

Blood is essential to all cell life. It distributes oxygen, nutrients, electrolytes, hormones, and enzymes throughout the body. Table below shows four major functions of blood.

Persistent vacuoles are seen in the protoplasm of granulocytes, monocytes and occasional lymphocytes of some people suffering from ichthyosis or muscular dystrophy or Storage diseases. In ...

Supravital stain of a smear of human blood from a patient with hemolytic anemia. The reticulocytes are the cells with the dark blue dots and curved linear structures (reticulum) in ...

Before we start with the abnormal morphologies, let’s talk about normal morphology of Red Blood Cells. Normal mature RBC are biconcave, round discs that are about 6 – 8 in ...

Corn Meal Agar is used for the cultivation of fungi and the demonstration of chlamydospore production Candida albicans is the etiological agent in candidiasis, which can range from ...

Fungi reproduce by either: 1- Sexual reproduction: formation of Zygospore, ascospores or basidiospores 2- Asexual reproduction : – Budding or fission – Asexual spores ...

Depending on cell morphology classified as : Yeasts Yeast like fungi Molds Dimorphic fungi 1- Yeasts: Unicellular fungi which reproduce by budding On culture  –  produce  ...

Introduction Toxoplasma gondii, the causative organism of toxoplasmosis, was first observed in 1927 in the gondi, a North African rodent. The first human case of toxoplasmosis was ...

Gram negative diplococci extracellular and intracellular in neutrophils. If the smear was taken from urethral discharge, it strongly suggestive of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

The Medium provides a favorable environment for the growth of anaerobes since the muscle protein in the heart tissue granules is a source of amino acids and other nutrients. The muscle ...

Clostridium tetani is a Gram-positive, sporeforming, rod-shaped bacterium that is resistant to temperature modifications, moisture, and chemical disinfectants. C. tetani is strictly ...