Learning objectives
Aim of the course: to acquire knowledge on the structure and function of the human organism
Course unit content
<p> THE HUMAN BODY: CONCEPT OF ORGAN, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM. <br />
TISSUES: THE EPITHELIUM OF THE SKIN, THE GLANDULAR EPITHELIA, THE CONNECTIVE, THE CARTILAGE, THE BONE, THE MUSCULAR (SMOOTH, SKELETAL AND CARDIAC) AND THE NERVOUS TISSUE. <br />
THE TEGUMENT: MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CUTANEOUS ELEMENTS. <br />
THE LOCOMOTOR APPARATUS: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF BONES, ARTICULATIONS AND MUSCLES. <br />
THE CARDIOVASCULAR APPARATUS: HEART, THE GREAT AND THE SMALL BLOOD CIRCULATION. STRUCTURE OF THE ARTERIES, VEINS AND CAPILLARY. STRUCTURE OF THE LYMPHATIC CIRCULATION AND LYMPHOID ORGANS (LYMPH NODES, SPLEEN, ETC.). <br />
THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS: PHARYNX, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, SLIM BOWEL, CRASS BOWEL. ATTACHED GLANDS: LIVER, PANCREAS. THE PERITONEUM. <br />
THE RESPIRATORY APPARATUS: NASAL HOLLOW, PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHIOLES, ALVEOLI. THE PLEURES. <br />
THE URINARY APPARATUS: KIDNEY AND THE MOLECULAR ANATOMY OF THE NEPHRON <br />
THE GENITAL APPARATUS: MORPHOLOGY IS STRUCTURE OF THE MASCULINE GONAD (TESTICLE) AND OF THE FEMALE GONAD (OVAIO). OVARIAN CYCLE. DESCRIPTION OF UTERINE TUBES, UTERUS.<br />
THE ENDOCRINE APPARATUS: GENERALITY AND STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE INCRETORY GLANDS (THYROID, PARATHYROIDS, HYPOPHYSIS, ADRENAL, ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS). <br />
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: GENERAL ORGANIZATION. TRUNK OF THE ENCEPHALON, CEREBELLUM, DIENCEFALON AND THE ENDBRAIN. PRINCIPAL STREETS OF THE GENERAL SENSIBILITY AND THE MOTOR SYSTEM. ORGANS OF SENSE: GENERAL NOTIONS OF THE ANATOMY OF THE EAR AND OF THE EYE. <br />
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Bibliography
MARTINI, TIMMONS, TALLITSCH: "Anatomia Umana", EdiSES <br />
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G. AZZALI, LOCKART-HAMILTON, FIVE: 'Anatomia del Corpo Umano', Ed. Ambrosiana, Milano. <br />
