Histology and Biology of Development I

Recommended Prerequisites

When starting this course, it is considered that students have a solid preparation in the context of Cell and Molecular Biology, Human Anatomy, Biochemistry and Biophysics.

It is all the advantage that the teaching and study of materials of "Histology and Embryology" and "Physiology" are temporally integrated as much as possible.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, where it proceeds to the contextualization of the syllabus which include the integration of knowledge regarding the histology and developmental biology. The practical teaching in laboratory equipped with a microscope per student, takes place in classes that should not exceed 15 students being carried out with the initial projection of a small number of images relating to the matter under study, following the observation corresponding histological slides in individual study, permanently accompanied by a teacher.

Learning Outcomes

Developing skills for a rational understanding of the meaning of macroscopic perspective, microscopic and molecular based on histophysiological bases tissue, lymphatic organs and cardiovascular system.

Acquire a solid education in a structured and rational manner, proceed to the identification, essentially using microscopic equipment, the formations that make up the different tissues and constant training organized the program.

Developing the associative capacity of correlation between structure and function.

Acquire a broad view of embryonic development, histogenesis and organogenesis, based on gene interdependence, an enlarged view of developmental biology.

Develop individual and independent capacity building and critical analysis, stimulating learning and updating.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Presentation of the course unit. Introduction, Cytology, Molecular Biology, Histology and Biology of Development. Brief general review of cytology and cell biology.

Epithelial tissue. Blood. Connective tissue, adipose tissue. Fabric cartilage. Bone, ossification. Muscle tissue. Bone-muscle-joint development. Nerve tissue. Development of the cardiovascular system. Cardiocirculatory system. Hematopoiesis and hematopoietic organs. Lymphatic system and immune system. Development of lymphatic system. Lymphatic organs not encapsulated. Morphological characteristics of the lymphatic tissue and lymphoid organs, lymph node. Timo, histology, histogenesis and development. Haemolymphatic organs, spleen, histology, histogenesis and development.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria de Fátima Pinto Saraiva Martins

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

- L.C. Junqueira e J. Carneiro, - Histologia Básica, 12ª ed., Guanabara Koogan, 2013

- A.L. Kierszenbaum, Histology and Cell Biology, An introduction to Pathology, 3ª ed., Elsevier, 2012

- C. Gonçalves, e V. Bairos, Histologia Texto e Imagens, Histologia, Histogénese e Organogénese, 4ª ed. Impresnsa da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2014.

- G.C. Schoenwolf, S.B. Bleyl, P.R. Brauer and P.H. Fancis-West, Larsen`s Human Embryology, Elsevier, 2009.

- T.W. Sadler, Langman´s Medical Embryology, 10ª ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006