Learning objectives
General organization of the human body. Terminology. Anatomical planes.
Locomotor system: classification of the bones, joints and muscles.
Overview of the skull, spine, thorax, pelvis, superior and inferior limbs.
Cardiovascular system: overview of the circulatory system, gross anatomy of the heart, microscopic anatomy and ultrastructure of the myocardium, of the arteries, veins and capillaries.
Hemo-lymphopoietic system: anatomy and histo-functional correlations of the bone marrow, thymus, spleen, lymphonodes.
Digestive system: general organization. Microscopic anatomy of the stomach, mesenterial gut, colon, liver and pancreas.
Ultrastructure and immunocytochemistry of the gastric mucosa, intestinal villus, liver lobule. Histo-functional correlations.
Respiratory system: general organization of the upper and lower respiratory tracts. Gross anatomy of the lung. Ultrastructure of the lung alveolus. Histo-functional correlations.
Urinary system: gross anatomy of the kidney, ureter and bladder. Ultrastructure of the nephron. Histo-functional correlations.
Endocrine system: overview. Microscopic anatomy and immunocytochemistry of the hypophysis, thyroid, adrenal glands and endocrine pancreas. Histo-functional correlations.
Nervous System: general organization of the brain, spinal cord and of the peripheral nervous plexuses. Immunocytochemistry of the neuron.