Cytology is the study of the cells, especially their appearance and structure.
Cells are the small parts that make up all living things, and their effects on each other and their environment..
Cytology specimen can be collected from the surface of the lesion by scraping (abrasion) under direct vision of a flexible endoscope.
The cells collected can be directly smeared on a glass slide.
Gastric lavage is also recommended for cytological investigations..
Cytological techniques are methods used in the study or manipulation of cells.
These include methods used in cell biology to culture, track, phenotype, sort and screen cells in populations or tissues, and molecular methods to understand cellular function..
(Show more) cytology, the study of cells as fundamental units of living things
The earliest phase of cytology began with the English scientist Robert Hooke ’s microscopic investigations of cork in 1665
He observed dead cork cells and introduced the term “cell” to describe them
