Total body water, intracellular/extracellular fluids, total blood volume, and the distribution of electrolytes in ICF and ECF.
Science
The Catabolism of Fats and Proteins for Energy
Understand how proteins and fats are broken down for energy and see how that relates to the theory behind low-carb diets and ketoacidosis in diabetes.
Cell Respiration Part 3: Aerobic Respiration (Electron Transport System)
Analogies to help you understand the electron transport system better.
Cell Respiration Part 2: Aerobic Respiration (Transition Reaction & Kreb’s Citric Acid Cycle)
Get acquainted with what occurs in the mitochondria! (Aerobic respiration!)
Oxygen Debt
Ever wonder why your pulse and breathing rates don’t go back to normal immediately if you’ve been doing cardio exercise?
Culturing Bacteria in the Clinical Lab
All about pure cultures, sterilization and isolation.
Viability Stains
Know the difference between Methylene Blue and Trypan Blue viability stains.
The Gram Stain Procedure and its Role in the C & S
Clinical uses for gram stain, the procedure itself and the role of gram stain and acid fast stain in C & S
Stain uses, types and applications
Uses of stains and the different types (simple, gram, acid fast, negative, viability)
Methods of Microbiology
Metric scale, limit of resolution, types of microscopes and work up of a clinical specimen.