Body Fluids

Course is structured to expose the student to the analysis of urine by macroscopic, chemical, and microscopic techniques to determine the presence of soluble, insoluble substances and their relationship to disease. The class uses urine specimens, prepared slides, and case histories. Course introduces topics of information, composition, and function of synovial, cerebrospinal, serous, amniotic, and seminal fluids. Course will describe the methods used in the routine analysis of these fluids, along with correlation of results with normal and disease states.