- Docente: Barbara Mantovani
- Credits: 9
- SSD: BIO/16
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Camilla Evangelisti (Modulo 1) Barbara Mantovani (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies (cod. 8412)
Learning outcomes
The students will learn about the organization of tissues and organs of the human body. This knowledge will allow them to better understand the subsequent classes of biochemistry, physiology, pathology and pharmacology starting from basic knowledges in animal cellular biology.
Course contents
Program of Human Anatomy
Histology: epithelial tissues; connective tissues; muscular tissues; nervous tissue.
Anatomy:
-Respiratory apparatus
-Cardiovascular apparatus
-Digestive apparatus
-Uro-genital apparatus
-Skin
-Endocrine apparatus
-Central and peripheral nervous system
-Autonomic nervous system
Program of Animal Biology
Macromolecules : carbohydrates , lipids , proteins and nucleic acids. The prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Autotrophic and heterotrophic metabolism. The 6 kingdoms.
The eukaryotic cell. Biological membranes: structure and functions; exo and endocytosis.
Structure and functions of the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. The lysosomes. The mitochondria. Cellular respiration. The peroxisomes.
The cytoskeleton: microfilaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments. Cellular communication.
The nucleus. Duplication and transcription. Translation: genetic code and protein synthesis .
Cell division : mitosis and meiosis . The asexual and sexual reproduction .
Heredity: genes, alleles, characters, genotype and phenotype. Mendel’s 1st and 2nd law. Incomplete dominance and co-dominance .
Mendel’s 3rd law and genetic association. Gene interactions and epistasis. Quantitative inheritance. Pleiotropy. Lethal genes.
Sex-linked inheritance. Genotypic and environmental sex determination .
Heredity and environment.
Genic, chromosomal and genomic mutations.
The origin of life: the prebiotic synthesis, the RNA world, compartmentalization, prokaryotic cells, the symbiotic theory for the origin of eukaryotic cells. The origin and diversification of multicellular organisms.
Readings/Bibliography
For the Anatomy Module:
G. Ambrosi et al. Anatomia dell'Uomo, Edi.Ermes, 2006 Milano.
There are some downloadable teaching aids available as pdf files that can be downloaded using your institutional email adddress (@studio.unibo.it) and password.
For the Animal Biology Module:
Sadava et al. Elementi di Biologia e Genetica, Zanichelli, Bologna
Teaching methods
The course comprises 9 credits. During the classes, slides will be projected to fully illustrate all the topics of the Contents.
Assessment methods
There will be an oral examination and the students will be asked questions related to the topics discussed during the classes.
Teaching tools
Personal computer and videoprojector.
Office hours
See the website of Barbara Mantovani
See the website of Camilla Evangelisti