- Docente: Valeria Franceschini
- Credits: 5
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biological sciences (cod. 0091)
Learning outcomes
The purpose of this course is to give student who is encountering the subject for the first time the fundamental principles that characterize cellular organization and function, together with information about the tissue characteristics and organization.
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; The esocrine and endocrine tissue; The secretion; The fibrous connective tissue; The fatty tissue; Cartilage and bone; The blood; Erytrocytes and leukocytes; The platelets; The skeletal muscle tissue; The cardiac muscle tissue; The smooth muscle tissue; The nervous tissue; The glial cells.
Readings/Bibliography
Some authors, Citologia & Istologia, Idelson-Gnocchi,
2004
Rosati – Colombo– Maraldi - Istologia – edi-ermes, 2006
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Oral assessment
Teaching tools
Video projector, PC
Links to further information
http://www.biologia.unibo.it/BES/default.htm
Office hours
See the website of Valeria Franceschini