5 End-of-course summary
You have now reached the end of the course and, in this final week, we have introduced you to the concept of pathological changes in tissues, including infection, inflammation, cell death and degeneration, neoplasia and hyperplasia.
These biological processes occur individually and sometimes concurrently in normal tissues and in different diseases. Understanding the normal appearance and function of a tissue allows for the identification of potential abnormalities, which inform the diagnosis of disease.
This course has focused on several important tissues of the body and provided an overview of their structure and function. It has also introduced you to light microscopy and histology within the context of specific diseases.
In the video below David gives a summary of the course and suggests where to take your study of histology and histopathology next.

Transcript
David mentions The Open Science Laboratory [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] where you can explore a collection of 320 annotated histological and histopathological slides.
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