LF:BVHE021p Histology - Course Information
BVHE021p Histology
Faculty of MedicineSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: SRZK (closing examination), zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. MUDr. Drahomír Horký, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Miroslava Sedláčková, CSc. (lecturer)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. MUDr. Drahomír Horký, DrSc.
Department of Histology and Embryology – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. MUDr. Miroslava Sedláčková, CSc. - Timetable
- Wed 9:00–10:40 B09/324
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- BKBI011 Biology
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Nutritive therapist (programme LF, B-SZ)
- Human Nutrition (programme LF, B-SZ)
- Course objectives
- Subject should provide students with the essential knowledge about the structure of cells and tissues generally, the basic principles of general histology will be used in the study of microscopic structure of cardiovascular, endocrine and especially digestive system.
- Syllabus
- 1. The object and the significance of the histology, an overview of tissue processing methods.
- 2. General histology and cytology: A cell as a system. Biomembranes. Structure and function of cell nucleus and organelles. Cytoplasmic membrane, cell surfaces and intercellular junctions.
- 3. Cell cycle, cell division. Cell differentiation and origin of tissues. Basic types of tissues and their characterization.
- 4. Epithelial tissue – origin, structure and function. Epithelial membranes and glandular epithelium - an overview. Absorptive epithelium.
- 5. Connective tissue - origin, structure, classification and function. An overview of connective tissue proper.
- 6. Connective tissue - cartilage and bone.
- 7. Muscle tissue - origin, classification, structure and function. Characteristics of skeletal and smooth muscle tissue, mechanism of the muscle contraction.
- 8. Nervous tissue – origin, structure and function. Structure of neurons. Synapsis, nervous transmitters. Neuroglial cells. Sheathes of nerve fibers.
- 9. Microscopic anatomy: An overview of the microscopic structure of blood capillaries and vessels. Structure of the heart, cardiac muscle tissue.
- 10. Lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes - structure and funtion. Lymphoepithelial circle of Waldeyer.
- 11. An overview of microscopic structure of salivary glands. Saliva. General structure of hollow organs.
- 12. Microscopic structure and function of stomach, small and large intestine, appendix vermiformis.
- 13. Microscopic structure of liver, liver lobulus, blood circulation in liver. Microscopic structure of gall bladder, excretory bile passages. Pancreas and islets of Langerhans. Cells of gastro-entero-pancreatic system.
- 14. An overview of microscopic structure of endocrine glands.
- 15. Konsultations.
- Literature
- ČECH, Svatopluk and Drahomír HORKÝ. Histologie a mikroskopická anatomie pro bakaláře (Histology and microscopical anatomy for bachelors). První. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 2004, 137 pp. ISBN 80-210-2513-7. info
- HORKÝ, Drahomír and Svatopluk ČECH. Mikroskopická anatomie (Microscopical anatomy). 1.dotisk 1. vydání. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 2003, 353 pp. ISBN 80-210-2208-6. info
- Assessment methods
- Lecture.The course is concluded by colloquium. Students will aswer 1 question of general histology and 1 question of microscopic anatomy.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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