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Date
Monday 5th
March
Wednesday 7th
March
Wednesday 7th
March
Topics
1) Introduction. The morphological method. Protoplasm chemical and physical constitution.
2) Cell proliferation and differentiation. Histogenesis.
1) Histological techniques. 2) Optical and electronic instruments for studying cells and
tissues.
1) Prokariotes and Eukariotes. The cell. Cytoplasmic organelles. Cell membrane. 2)
Endoplasmic Reticulum. Smooth E. R..
Friday 9th March
Monday 12th
March
Wednesday 14th
March
1) Rough E. R.. Ribosomes and protein synthesis. 2) Golgi apparatus.
1) Lysosomes. 2) Mitochondria
1) Centrioles. Cytoskeleton. 2) Cytoplasmic inclusions.
Friday 16th March 1) Nucleus. Nuclear envelope. Chromatin. Nucleolus. 2) Cell Cycle.
Monday 19th
1) Cell activities. Mitosis, meiosis. 2) Introduction to Tissues. Cell surface specializations.
March
Wednesday 21th
Epithelial tissue. 1) Lining epithelia. 2) Lining epithelia (cont.).
March
1) Glands and secretion. Exocrine glands. 2) Endocrine glands. Sensory and particularly
Friday 23th March
differentiated epithelia.
Monday 26th
1) Connective tissue: general aspects 1) . 2) Connective tissue proper: Loose and dense c.
March
tissue. Cells.
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Wednesday 28
1) Extracellular matrix. 2) Adipose Tissue. Cartilage.
March
Friday 30th March 1) Bone. 2) Bone (cont.).
Monday 2nd April
Wednesday 4th
April
Wednesday 11th
April
Friday 13th April
Monday 16th
April
Wednesday 18th
April
Friday 20th April
Monday 23th
April
Friday 27th April
Wednesday 2nd
May
Friday 4th May
Monday 7th May
Wednesday 9th
May
Friday 11th May
Monday 14th May
1) Histogenesis of Bone 2) Blood. Eritrocytes.
1) Leucocytes. Platelets. 2) Blood cell formation (Hemopoiesis).
Muscular tissue. 1) Smooth muscle. 2) Skeletal muscle.
1) Skeletal muscle (cont.). 2) Cardiac muscle.
1) Nervous tissue: general organization of the nervous system. 2) The neuron.
1) The neuron (cont.). 2) Nervous fibres.
1) Synapsis. Peripheral nervous endings. 2) Neuroglia.
Presentation of histologic preparations for the practice at the microscope.
1) Stem cells and differentiation. 2) Cell differentiation and Histogenesis. Tissue
engineering
1) Introduction to Embriology. Female reproductive system and endocrine regulation. 2)
Oogenesis. Ovulation.
1) Male reproductive system. 2) Spermatogenesis.
1) Fecondazione. 2) Fecondazione (cont.).
1) In itinere test of Histology. 2) Fertilization.
1) Early stages of embryo development. 2) Segmentation. Morula.
1) Blastocyst (embryoblast and trophoblast) and implantation. 2) Placenta.
1) The embyonic disk. 2) Primitive embryo layers. Time evolution and 3D organization of
entoderm, ectoderm and mesoderm. Embryo annexes.
Wednesday 16th
May
Friday 18th May
1) Intraembryonic mesoderm organization. 2) The notocord and his role in the embryonic
development.
1) Ectoderm development. 2) Ectoderm development (cont.).
Monday 21th May 1) Embryo delimitation. 2) Morphogenetic mechanisms.
Wednesday 23th
1) Endoderm development.1) Endoderm development (cont.).
May
Friday 25th May 1) Mesoderm development. 2) Mesoderm development (cont.).
Monday 28th May
1) Ecto-endo-mesoderm interactions and morphogenesis. 2) From histo- and embryogenesis
towards organogenesis.
Wednesday 30th
May
1) Ecto-endo-mesoderm interactions and organogenesis. Some examples: branchial
apparatus, formation of hypophysis, adrenal glands, ovary and testis. 2) The eye and the ear.
Friday 1st June
Molecular basis of regulatory mechanisms of embryo development. Conclusions.
Notes:
• The practice at the microscope will start the 23th May. Small groups of Students in turns
will attend the lab on the afternoons of 23th, 24th, 26th April and 7th and 14th May, for each
group between 2 pm and 6 pm. The direct interactive practice at the microscope with
histologic preparations is mandatory as integral part of the Course.
• Exams will consist of a preliminary multiple choice test over 30 questions and three oral
parts:
1) Examination at
the microscope; 2) Cytology and Histology (oral); 3) Embryology (oral).
• Exams sessions 2012: 25th January, 15th February, 6th June, 11th July, 5th September,
19th September, 12th December. Each Monday before the exams, registered Students will
be received by the Professorat at 2 p.m. in the room lab for a discussion of histological
preparations at the microscope.