Preface
Preface Overview
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Define the terms: pathology, pathophysiology, and pathologist.
- Find more specimens similar to those presented in this textbook.
- Describe, at a basic level, how specimens are obtained and prepared for examination.
- Describe the different characteristics examined during specimen analysis.
- Identify and describe the basic characteristics of epithelial tissue.
- Describe the various forms epithelial cells.
- Identify epithelial cells under the microscope.
This part of the book has information that is helpful to know before you delve into the Disease Chapters that follow.
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used throughout the chapter.
| DHPLC | David Hardwick Pathology Learning Centre |
| H&E | Hematoxylin and Eosin |
| UBC | University of British Columbia |
