Organ System Overview, Adipose and Blood Histology and Rat Dissection
Anatomy and physiolgy are disciplines which integrate the structure and functions of organisms from the cellular level to the organismic level. Today, you are going to be introduced to the typical structure of a mammal in the form of the common lab rat. You will be asked to dissect your rat and identify and name specific organs. Additionally, we will start our study of tissues, or histology by learning a little bit about connective tissues and by microscopic examination of slides of adipose (fat) tissue and blood.
