Course catalogue | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Anatomia comparata e citologia (BIO/06)
Field: Discipline del settore biodiversità e ambiente
Type of training activity: Characterising

48 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
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exam calls

Learning objectives

Knowledge of the structural, morphological and functional characteristics of animal tissues

Prerequisites

Cytology

Course unit content

1. Epithelial tissues: lining, glandular, germinal, sensory epithelia.
2. Connective tissues: connective, cartilaginous, osseous tissues; blood, lymph.
3. Muscle tissues: skeletal, cardiac, smooth muscle tissues; myoepithelial cells.
4. Nervous tissue: neurons, glia.

Full programme

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Bibliography

1. 1. LJ GARTNER & JL HIATT - HYSTOLOGy - EdiSES, Napoli.
2. B ALBERTS et al. - Biologia molecolare della cellula - Zanichelli editore, Bologna.
3. B YOUNG et al. - Wheater Istologia ed anatomia microscopica - Elsevier Masson, Milano

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures and analysis of histological preparations of the different tissues.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

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