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On completion of this section the cytotechnologist should Know:
- the anatomy and histology of the respiratory tract
- the role and indications of respiratory tract cytology
- the advantages and disadvantages of the different sampling methods
- the reporting terminology
- cytologic features of normal cells from the respiratory tract
- the non-cellular elements and contaminants which may appear in cytologic preparations
- the features of the several benign cellular changes which may be observed
- the cytologic features of inflammatory processes, including granulomatous diseases
- the infectious agents which may be present
- cytologic features of benign lung tumors
- the preneoplastic changes of the respiratory epithelium
- epidemiology and etiopathogenesis of lung cancer
- cytologic features of the different types of lung carcinoma
- cytologic features of metastatic and non-epithelial malignant tumors