Occular Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Occular and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Microscopic Examination of Semen Microscopic examination of semen includes assessment of: sperm concentration percent motility percent viability cellular elements other than spermatozoa sperm morphology Sperm counting will be covered in this section. Assessment of other cellular components and of morphology will be covered in the next sections. For assessing count, motility, viability and other cellular components your laboratory will require a phase contrast microscope with 10x oculars and objectives up to 20x. For assessing morphology you will need bright field objectives up to 40x and 100x (oil immersion). | View Page |
| Requirements for the microscopic examination of semen For assessing count, motility, viability and other cellular components your laboratory will require a microscope with 10x oculars and phase contrast objectives up to 20x. You will also need hand counters.For assessing morphology you will need bright field objectives of 40x and/or 100x (oil immersion).You will also need counting chambers, glass slides and coverslips and a method for staining sperm for morphology assessment. | View Page |