About this ebook
This manual serves as a complete, ready-to-implement laboratory curriculum spanning 17 systematically organized practical exercises. It takes students from foundational skills like compound microscopy and tissue histology to bone identification, advanced hemocytometry, and cardiovascular metrics like blood pressure and ECG interpretation. Every practical is built to function as an independent workspace companion, complete with explicit principles, unambiguous step-by-step procedures, observation data tables, and targeted viva-voce questions designed to streamline your laboratory assessments.
What sets this manual apart is its deliberate integration of clinical correlation case studies. By examining patient case files for common disorders such as anemia, gout, hypertension, and ischemic heart disease, students learn to connect benchtop observations directly with patient experiences. This early biological foundation provides the essential clinical context students need to excel in their future coursework in pharmacology, pathology, and clinical pharmacy.
Table of Contents Overview:
Contents:
1. Study of Compound Microscope
2. Microscopic Study of Epithelial and Connective Tissues
3. Microscopic Study of Muscular and Nervous Tissue
4. Identification of Axial Bones
5. Identification of Appendicular Bones
6. Introduction to Hemocytometry
7. Demonstration of Total Blood Count (Complete Blood Count) by Cell Analyzer
8. Enumeration and Interpretation of White Blood Cell (WBC) Count and Differential Leukocyte Count (DLC)
9. Enumeration and Interpretation of Total Red Blood Corpuscles (RBC) Count
10. Determination of Bleeding Time (BT) and Clotting Time (CT)
11. Estimation and Interpretation of Hemoglobin Content
12. Determination of Blood Group
13. Determination and Interpretation of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
14. Determination of Pulse Rate, Heart Rate, and Blood Pressure
15. Recording and Interpretation of Electrocardiogram (ECG)
16. Study of the Cardiovascular System and Integumentary System
17. Study of Case Files of Patients with Anaemia, Thalassemia, Haemophilia, Leprosy, Gout, Hypertension, and Ischemic Heart Disease
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About the author
Shardendu Kumar Mishra is Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy, KIET Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad. With over 15 years of academic and research experience, he specializes in preclinical pharmacology, phytochemistry, and molecular biology. He has authored widely recognized pharmacy textbooks, holds several patents, and contributed as a author of more than 50 research and review articles, peer reviewer for reputable international journals like the Frontiers in Pharmacology, Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
Gauri Goyal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, JSS University, Noida. Her academic and research interests include human anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, cardiovascular and neuropharmacology, natural product pharmacology, and toxicology, with a focus on understanding disease mechanisms and pharmacological interventions. Her research also involves the application of in-silico, in-vitro, and in-vivo approaches in modern pharmacological research. As an educator, she is passionate about making pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences clear, engaging, and accessible, emphasizing the importance of understanding normal anatomy and physiology as a foundation for comprehending disease processes and pharmacological interventions.
