HISTOLOGY (ATT)
cod. 14192

Academic year 2014/15
1° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
GOVONI Paolo
integrated course unit
5 credits
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course unit
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

The target of the course is to allow the student to know and to understand the essential elements of the tissues and organs structure. The student will utilize knowledge and understanding for Anatomy and Physiology future study.
At the end of the course the student will demonstrate knowledge and understanding about: Cell structute and organization, Tissue structure and organization, Multi tissutal units structure and organization.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

In the first part of the course of histology will be developed structural and functional aspects of living matter and its method of aggregation to form cells. Later you will learn how structural and functional aspects of the different cells, with reference to the organs and systems of their animal cell (cell Suburbs, cytoplasmic matrix, cytoskeleton, organs responsible for synthesis, organs responsible for degradation organs of energy, nucleus). In the second part of the course will analyze the structural and functional aspects of the tissues and their mode of aggregation on form multi tissue units and organs.

Full programme

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Bibliography

-R. Scandroglio - The door opens to the world of medicine EdiMago / -R. Colombo, E. Olmo - BIOLOGY, Cell and Tissues edi-ermes /
-M.H. Ross, W. Pawlina - HISTOLOGY text and atlas Pub. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins /
-A.L. Mescher - Junqueira’S Basic Histology Pub. by The McGraw-Hill Companies /
-N.A. Campbell, J.B. Reece - BIOLOGY Pub. by Pearson Education

Teaching methods

Lectures and practical exercises under the microscope

Assessment methods and criteria

To evaluate the achievement of the estimated goals, an oral examination will be performed. Questions regarding the content of the course will be employed to evaluate the reaching of the knowledge and understanding of the contents.
The oral examination will be held only by the calls of the month of June, after the holding of the second part of the course of Histology, expected in the second half.

Other information

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