Cell Specialization and Organ Systems

• Students have the opportunity to learn and observe the function of organ systems and the specialized cells that form those systems while diagnosing a medical condition affecting those systems. The lab is separated into 5 patients/stations, each including symptom comparison, cellular image comparison, and a diagnostic test. The body systems covered include digestive, immune, skeletal, nervous, and respiratory. Students observe how a disease localized to a single body system can affect and create symptoms in multiple body systems.

Items included in this lab are listed below.

Cotton Swabs, Patient Stool Sample, Fecal Occult test sheet, Phenolphthalein, Patient 2002 fluid sample, Infectious disease test, Patient 4004 CSF sample, Bacterial load test.