- Docente: Anna Maria Barazzoni
- Credits: 7
- SSD: VET/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in AQUACULTURE AND ICHTHYOPATHOLOGY (cod. 0986)
Course contents
Cytology. Cell structure.
Histology. Covering epithelium and glandular epithelium. Connective tissues. Adipose tissue. Cartilage. Bone. Muscular tissue: striated muscle (skeletal and cardiac), smooth muscle, mechanism of contraction. Blood: erythrocytes, leukocytes, blood platelets. Nervous tissue.
Anatomy. Integument. Locomotor apparatus. Circulatory system. Digestive apparatus. Respiratory apparatus. Excretory system. Reproductive system. Endocrine system. Nervous system.
Readings/Bibliography
G.M. COOPER, La cellula - un approccio molecolare. Ed. Zanichelli, Bologna, 1998.
H.D. DELLMANN, J.A. EURELL, Istologia e Anatomia Microscopica Veterinaria, 2a edizione, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano, 2000.
G.K. OSTRANDER, The laboratory fish, Academic Press, 2000.
F. TAKASHIMA, T. HIBIYA, An atlas of fish histology, 2nd Edition, Kodansha Ltd. Tokyo, Gustav Fischer Verlag Stuttgart - New York, 1995.
T. ZAVANELLA, Manuale di Anatomia dei Vertebrati, Antonio Delfino Editore, Roma, 2003.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Practical lessons consisting of :
- observation of tissue slides (by means of light microscopes).
- dissection of different organs and systems.
Assessment methods
A practical proof consisting of slides identification.
"In itinere" checks during the course.
Teaching tools
Overhead projector. PC and videoprojector.
Microscopes. Slides.
Macroscopic preparations.
Office hours
See the website of Anna Maria Barazzoni