Competency information
Details
Using representative specimens from a range of tissues, identify cell proliferation, growth and death:
- hypoplasia
- hyperplasia
- metaplasia
- benign neoplasia
- premalignancy
- neoplastic proliferation
- cell injury and adaptation
- apoptosis
- necrosis
- degenerative disease.
Considerations
- Normal morphology of tissues and organs.
- Epidemiology of common pathologies.
- The microscopical differences between normal tissue morphology and proliferative tissue morphology.
- The microscopical differences between normal tissue morphology and tissue undergoing necrosis.
- Principles of good fixation and paraffin processing.
- Rationale of the different histological techniques required to demonstrate the different cell types involved in a tissue section.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Recognise and interpret the microscopical appearance of the tissue or cell and relate to the pathobiological process. |
| # 4 | Outcome Advise on or request appropriate additional tests to aid in the diagnosis of disease. |