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Anatomy and Histology - mod. HISTOLOGY
MONIA ORCIANI

Seat Medicina e Chirurgia
A.A. 2013-2014
Credits 2
Hours 20
Period 1^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code MT05-11-11 MT254

Program
·         Fundamentals of histological methods for the study of subcellular, cell, and tissue components of organs and systems.
·         The eukaryotic cell: organization and function. Cell division: Mitosis and Meiosis. Elements of Embryology.
·         Tissues:

- Epithelial tissue: characteristics, classification. Covering and lining epithelia. Exocrine and endocrine glandular epithelia: systematic, distribution, secretion.

- Connective tissues: generality, systematic, classification. Connective tissue proper.

- Cartilage: general, systematic, features.

-  Bone: characteristics. Ossification.
- Blood, hematopoiesis, lymphatic tissue.

- Muscle tissue: generality, systematic. Muscle contraction.
- Nervous tissue, Transmission and conduction and of nerve impulses. Synapses. Neuroglia

Specific Object: Autonomy in the use of the light  microscope (LM). Knowledge on the main histological techniques. Capability to recognize the different human tissues  in histological specimens observed with a LM.

Recommended reading
"Citologia e Istologia Funzionale”, A. Calligaro e coll., Edi-Ermes
“Elementi di Istologia”, D.W. Fawcett, R.P. Jensh, CIC Edizioni Internazionali  
“Istologia”, P. Rosati, R. Colombo, N. Maraldi, Edi-Ermes
“Istologia”, M.H. Ross, W. Pawlina

Courses

• Tecniche di Laboratorio Biomedico