Academic Year 2021/2022
- Docente: Valeria Franceschini
- Credits: 8
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biological Sciences (cod. 8012)
Course contents
Cell architecture. Comparison of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. Viral
reproduction and life cycle. Molecular composition of the cells.
Organization of the plasma membrane. The glycocalix. The
extracellular matrix. The cytoscheleton. Cilia and flagella. The
rough endoplasmic reticulum. The ribosomes. The smooth endoplasmic
reticulum. The Golgi complex and cell secretion. The lysosomes and
the endocytosis. The mitochondria. The nucleus. The nuclear
envelope. The nuclear matrix. The chromatin. The nucleolus. The
cell division cycle. The chromosomes. Centrioles and spindle
apparatus. Mitotic and meiotic division. The cell differentiation.
The epithelial tissue. Cytological characteristics of epithelial
cells. Types of epithelial tissues. Development of glands. Cell
secretion mode. Simple and compound exocrine glands. Endocrine
glands and their hormone products. Hormone acting. Structure and
function of liver. The connective tissue. The intercellular matrix.
The cells of the loose and dense connective tissues. Adipose
tissue. The cartilaginous and bone tissue. Intramembranous and
intracartilagenous ossification. The blood. Blood plasma. Red blood
corpuscles. Leucocytes. Blood platelets. Antibody responses and
cell-mediated immune responses.Hemopoiesis. Organization of the
skeletal muscle. Myofibrils. Actin and myosin. The sarcoplasmatic
reticulum. Muscular contraction. Smooth muscolar tissue. Cardiac
muscolar tissue. Nervous tissue. Minute structure of the neuron.The
nerve fiber and the myelin sheath. Forms and varieties of neurons.
Conduction and transmission of the nerve impulse. Nerve
terminations. Neuroglia, the interstitial tissue of the nervous
system.
Readings/Bibliography
Dini et al. CITOLOGIA & ISTOLOGIA. III Edizione. Idelson-Gnocchi, 2021
Atlanti:Ross, Pawlina, Barnash. ATLANTE DI ISTOLOGIA E ANATOMIA MICROSCOPICA, CEA, 2010
Young, Lowe, Stevens, Heath. WHEATER ISTOLOGIA E ANATOMIA MICROSCOPICA. Elsevier, 2007
Teaching methods
Lectures and Lab practises
Assessment methods
The assessment will take place through a written examination for the identification of four animal samples, followed by an oral one with more general questions.
Teaching tools
Video projector, PC, microscopes
Links to further information
http://corsi.unibo.it/scienzebiologiche/Pagine/default.aspx
Office hours
See the website of Valeria Franceschini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.