Learning objectives
The course is designed to give the students the methods for studying the morphological and functional organization of the human body at the different levels of organization: the cell, the tissues, the organs, the gross anatomy of the human body.
Course unit content
<br />General organization of the human body. Terminology. Anatomical planes.<br />Locomotor system: classification of the bones, joints and muscles.<br />Overview of the skull, spine, thorax, pelvis, superior and inferior limbs.<br />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.<br />Hemo-lymphopoietic system: anatomy and histo-functional correlations of the bone marrow, thymus, spleen, lymphonodes.<br />Digestive system: general organization. Microscopic anatomy of the stomach, mesenterial gut, colon, liver and pancreas.<br />Ultrastructure and immunocytochemistry of the gastric mucosa, intestinal villus, liver lobule. Histo-functional correlations.<br />Respiratory system: general organization of the upper and lower respiratory tracts. Gross anatomy of the lung. Ultrastructure of the lung alveolus. Histo-functional correlations.<br />Urinary system: gross anatomy of the kidney, ureter and bladder. Ultrastructure of the nephron. Histo-functional correlations.<br />Endocrine system: overview. Microscopic anatomy and immunocytochemistry of the hypophysis, thyroid, adrenal glands and endocrine pancreas. Histo-functional correlations.<br />Nervous System: general organization of the brain, spinal cord and of the peripheral nervous plexuses. Immunocytochemistry of the neuron.<br />
Bibliography
F.H. Martini, Human Anatomy EdiSES (http://www.edises.it)