- Docente: Roberta Costa
- Credits: 1
- SSD: BIO/17
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Speech and Language Therapy (cod. 9080)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students know the main morpho-functional aspects of the human tissues; they have skills in the organization of the various cell types, subcellular structures and extra cellular components that constitute the human tissues.
Course contents
BASICS
General information on the cell. Shape and size of different cytotypes. Relationship between morphology and function. Cells - Tissues - Organs - Systems - Organisms. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell. Plasma membrane and cytosol, cytoskeleton and junction systems.
TISSUES
General organization of the different tissues: classification and general characteristics.
1) Epithelial tissues: morpho-functional characteristics and classification.
Covering and lining epithelia: classification and morpho-functional aspects.
Glandular epithelia and secretory system: macromolecules synthesis, endocytosis, exocytosis, and secretion.
Exocrine glandular tissue: classification and morpho-functional aspects.
Endocrine glandular tissue: classification and morpho-functional aspects.
2) Connective tissues: general structural and functional characteristics; cells and the extracellular matrix: structure, composition, and rearrangement of the matrix.
- Adult proper connective tissue - Adipose tissue
- Supporting connective tissues. Cartilage: cells, extracellular matrix, classification and chondrogenesis. Bone: organization and classification, cells and extracellular matrix, mineralization of the matrix. Osteogenesis and remodeling.
- Trophic and lymphoid connective tissues. Blood cells and plasma. Hematopoietic tissue: notes on the mechanisms of hematopoiesis. Lymphoid tissue. Cells and organs of the lymphatic system.
3) Muscle tissues: morpho-functional aspects; characteristics of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle tissue.
4) Nervous tissue: morpho-functional aspects; neurons and glial cells; axonal transport, synapse structure and myelin sheath.
Readings/Bibliography
Suggested books:
Adamo ed altri autori “Elementi di Istologia e cenni di Embriologia" editore Piccin
Sica ed altri autori “Istologia per le professioni sanitarie” editore Sorbona - Idelson Gnocchi
Teaching methods
Taught class
Assessment methods
Oral test which aims to evaluate the achievement of the learning goals:
- to know and be able to describe the different tissues and cellular structures
- to have acquired the preparatory knowledge necessary to follow the subsequent integrated courses.
The final mark is a mean among the marks obtained in the three parts of the Biomedical Sciences I (C.I.) course.
Teaching tools
Power point presentations that will be available online through Virtuale, the web platform for teaching support service.
Office hours
See the website of Roberta Costa