Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic discipline
BIO/06 (COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND CYTOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"
Course
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
(01/10/2017 - 14/01/2018)
Lesson hours
76 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
The student will assimilate the bases of the biomolecular processes of the cell, and will understand the integreation of the cell in a higher complex as a tissue. This will give the basis for the further courses of Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physiology.
Course contents
The cell, as the structural and functional unit of living organisms. Methods for studying cells and tissues: light and electron microscopy techniques; cytochemical, biochemical and molecular methods; cell cultures. Prokaryotic cells: their structure, size, cell division mechanisms.
Eukaryotic cells: the structure and function of organelles in animal and plant cells. Cell cycle in eukaryotes: cell division in somatic and germinal cells. Structure and organization of the genetic material. Basic concepts on genetic transmission and evolution in cells, individuals and populations.
Proliferation, differentiation and death of cell populations in animal tissues.
Cell interactions during differentiation and in the tissues. Microscopic anatomy, histology and cell ultrastructure of animal tissues.
The course includes a practical part in which the students will individually examine histological sections at light microscopy.
Reccomended or required readings
Testi utilizzabili per la preparazione dell'esame / The following books may be used to prepare for the exam:
- Colombo e Olmo (a cura di) Biologia “Cellula e Tessuti” Edi-Ermes, Milano
- Zaccheo e Pestarino (a cura di) Citologia, Istologia e Anatomia microscopica. Pearson, Milano-Torino
- Gartner e Hiatt: "Istologia" EdiSES, Napoli
- Junqueira "Compendio di istologia", Piccin, Padova
- Colombo e Olmo (a cura di) Biologia della cellula. Edi-Ermes, Milano
- Colombo e Olmo (a cura di) Biologia dei tessuti. Edi-Ermes, Milano
- Zaccheo e Pestarino (a cura di) Citologia, Istologia e Anatomia microscopica. Pearson, Milano-Torino
- Adamo et al.: "Istologia di Monesi", Piccin, Padova
- Purves et al.: "Biologia: La cellula" Zanichelli, Bologna
- Solomon et al.: "La cellula", EdiSES, Napoli
- Taiz e Zeiger: “Fisiologia vegetale", 2a edizione, Piccin, Padova
- Pupillo et al.: “Biologia vegetale”, Zanichelli, Bologna
Atlanti
- Ross et al.: "Atlante di Istologia e Anatomia microscopica", Casa Ed. Ambrosiana, MI
- Wheater et al.: "Istologia ed anatomia microscopica", Elsevier S.r.l., MI
- Krstic "I tessuti dell'uomo e dei mammiferi", Masson, MI
Testi di consultazione generale
- Alberts et al. "Biologia molecolare della cellula,", Zanichelli, Bologna
- Wolfe "Biologia molecolare e cellulare" EdiSES, Napolitabili per la preparazione dell’esame
Assessment methods
Two written test “in itinere”, one on cell biology and the second on histology.
Oral exam on cell and tissue biology (to be admitted to the oral exam, the student must have passed both written tests)
Further information
Two written test “in itinere”, one on cell biology and the second on histology.
Oral exam on cell and tissue biology (to be admitted to the oral exam, the student must have passed both written tests)
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