A healthcare provider will inject a thin needle into the area that they need to sample and draw out fluid.
A pathologist then examines the cells in the fluid under a microscope.
Some areas of your body that a healthcare provider may perform a fine-needle aspiration include: Fluid-filled lumps (cysts) under your skin..
Scrape or brush cytology
(This is also sometimes called a brush biopsy.) An example of a cytology test that samples cells this way is the Pap test..
Cytochemistry(cyto - chemistry) - a branch of biochemistry whose focus is studying both the chemical composition and chemical activity of a cell.
Cytochrome (cyto - chrome) - a class of proteins found in cells that contain iron and are important for cellular respiration.
Cytogeneticist(cyto - geneticist) - a scientist who studies cytogenetics.
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The suffix (-cyte) also means of or relating to a cell.
Adipocyte (adipo - cyte) - cells that compose adipose tissue.
Adipocytes are also called fatcells because they store fat or triglycerides.
Bacteriocyte(bacterio - cyte) - an adipocyte that contains symbiotic bacteria, often found in some types of insects.
Erythrocyte (erythro - cyte) - red blo.
Just as a biology student might dissect a frog, learning important biologically related prefixes and suffixes can help biology students 'dissect' unfamiliar words and terms.
Now that you've reviewed biology prefixes that begin with "cyto-" along with biology suffixes that end with "-cyte", you should be well prepared to 'dissect' additional similar.
For this test, a sample of cells from a biopsy, cytology, or blood sample is treated with special antibodies.
Each antibody sticks only to certain types of cells that have the antigens that fit with it.
The antibodies are linked to chemicals that are fluorescent (that is, they give off light of a certain color when exposed to a laser beam).
Cytotoxic (cyto - toxic) - a substance, agent, or process that kills cells.
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes are immune cells that kill cancer cells and virus -infected cells.
The suffix (-cyte) also means of or relating to a cell .
Adipocyte (adipo - cyte) - cells that compose adipose tissue.
Cytosol (cyto - sol) - semifluid component of a cell's cytoplasm.
Cytotoxic (cyto - toxic) - a substance, agent, or process that kills cells.
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes are immune cells that kill cancer cells and virus -infected cells.
The suffix (-cyte) also means of or relating to a cell .
The School of Cytology accepts students through California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), College of Health-Human Services-and Nursing, Division of Health Sciences Program, Clinical Science - Cytotechnology Option.
CSUDH will grant academic credit for the year of clinical training in the UCLA Health School of Cytology.
