BIOMORPHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

Moduls:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

AF code:

A000277

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Final written exam
Final assessment: multiple choice test.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Acquisition and understanding of the methods and means of histological investigation.
Knowledge of the main functions and cellular components. understanding and
acquisition of fundamental knowledge on the structural organization and function of human tissues. After successful completion of this Course, students must possess the basic concepts of the organization of a biological system. Furthermore he/she must possess knowledge of the mechanisms of evolution and natural selection, of the cellular theory and of the flow of biological information. The knowledge acquired during this course will allow the students to face the biological problems that he/she will meet during the following years of study.

Contents

Methods and means of histological investigation
The Microscopes
Preparation of samples for microscopic investigation
fixation
Inclusion and Switching
colouration
In vitro
immunofluorescence
cytology
Levels of organization of living matter
cytoplasm
plasma membrane
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Granular endoplasmic reticulum
Golgi complex
lysosomes
mitochondria
cytoskeleton
core
histology
Classification of Tissues
Epithelial tissue:
Lining epithelia
glandular epithelia
connective tissue
Connective tissues
Connective tissues special
cartilage tissue
bone tissue
Blood and Lymph
Muscle Tissue
Nervous tissue 1. The Kingdoms of Life. Introduction to the classification of living organisms.
2. Biological macromolecules: lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.
3. The cellular theory: Structure and function of procaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Structural and functional differences. Viruses.
4. The flow of biological information: Concept of gene. DNA replication; transcription and productionf of RNAs; translation and post-translational modification of proteins; Introduction to the mechanisms of regulation of gene expression.
5. Cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis.
6. The evolution of living organisms: introduction to the darwinian concept of evolution and natural selection.

Recommended Bibliography

Tesler A.G. et Al. Istologia - Percorsi integrati, Elsevier Masson
- Adamo S. et al. Istologia, Piccin
- Calligaro A. et al., Citologia e Istologia funzionale, Edi-Ermes
- Eroschenko V., Atlante di Istologia e Anatomia Microscopica, Delfino Ed.
- Gartner L.P. et al. Atlante di istologia, EdiSES

Slides presented in class and available on dedicated website Elementi di Biologia e Genetica. Bonaldo et al., 2013 edises
Elementi di biologia, Solomon. Edises
Biologia e genetica, Campbell. Pearson editore.
The slides and other materials used for lectures will be made available to the students on the online moodle platform.

Teaching Methods

face to face, laboratory

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