principles of differential staining

what happens in the cell during differential staining
see it with your naked eyes
click here

blood clot formation

Its but rbc and platelets trapped in a meshwork of fibers called fibrin

These are the general processes involved in clot formation

1. vasoconstriction
2. formation of platelet plug
3. formation of clot
4. formation of fibrous tissue

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_general/Esp/folder_structure/tr/m1/s7/trm1s7_3.htm

check lecture slides on Jan.08 posting

PLAY BLOOD TYPING

try your knowledge on blood typing and know what type of blood be transfused to different patient with different blood types

have fun and learn
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/landsteiner/landsteiner.html

renin-angiotensin aldosterone system tutorial

click here to know how this system corrects blood pressure

osmosis tutorial

still confused?
take tutorial here

microscopic pictures of bacteria

see the bacilli here
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~johnson/labtools/Dbacyst/bacilli.html

see the cocci here
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~johnson/labtools/Dbacyst/cocci.html

and the rest here
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~johnson/labtools/Dbacyst/bacyst.html

what is crenation

review the principles here
learn osmosis here
see how to do clotting time and bleeding time here

spontaneous generation of life

Aristotle:
“readily observable that aphids arise from the dew which falls on plants, fleas from putrid matter, mice from dirty hay.”
REdi, Spallanzani and Pasteur: not true

check these tutorials
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/scientificmethod.html
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp03/0302003.html