- Docente: Laura Bonsi
- Credits: 2
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Course contents
EMBRYOLOGY
Oogenesis: from oogonia to oocyte. Functional processes in
ovarian follicles. Hormonal control of the female reproductive
cycle.
Spermatogenesis and hormonal control of reproduction in the
male, the mature spermatozoon.
Fertilization: sperm attraction, activation and penetration.
Prevention of polyspermy.
Cleavage and the blastocyst stage. The trophoblast and the inner
cell mass.
Implantation and decidual reaction. Two germ layer stage;
yolk sac, amniotic cavity and extraembryonic celoma
formations.
Gastrulation and the three embryonic germ layers (ectoderm,
mesoderm and endoderm) and molecular processes. The neural crest
cells.
Craniocaudal and lateral foldings. Formation of intraembryonic
coelom.
Placenta and extraembryonic membranes: amniotic membrane, chorion
and placenta, umbilical cord, allantois.
Endoderm derivatives: Facial and fharyngeal development.
Paraxial mesoderm derivatives: sclerotomes, myotomes and
dermatomes.
Lateral mesoderm derivatives: limb development.
Nervous tissue development.
Developmental disorders and teratology.
Readings/Bibliography
Armato U. ed altri autori EMBRIOLOGIA UMANA Ed.
Idelson-Gnocchi
De Felice M. ed altri autoriEMBRIOLOGIA UMANA Ed. Piccin
Barbieri M., Carinci P. EMBRIOLOGIA Ed. CEA
Sadler T.W. EMBRIOLOGIA MEDICA di Langman Ed.
Elsevier
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
The learning assessment will include the examination of slides at
light microscopy that is introductory to the oral exam. The
students that have not passed are not admitted to the oral exam.
The oral exam is about Cytology, Histology and Embryology in
according the contents published in Histology and Embryology 1 and
Histology and Embryology 2 courses. A low mark in one of the three
parts precludes the whole exam. The student can choose to keep the
mark of examination of slides (valid until December 2014) or to
repeat it. In the opinion of the examiners, the final assessment
will be the weighed average of the three results.
The online registration to the examination is mandatory.
Teaching tools
Power point presentations that will be available online as downloadable content through a reserved distribution list.
Office hours
See the website of Laura Bonsi