PřF:Bi6998 Trichology - Course Information
Bi6998 Trichology
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Hana Eliášová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Petra Urbanová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Petra Urbanová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Fri 12:00–15:50 FORLAB,-1021
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The main objective of the course is to introduce to the students the biological fundamentals of skin derivatives (hair, pilus, nail) and their use in forensic anthropology, archeology and in studies of living man. At the end of the course the students should be able to: distinguish the biological origin of a skin derivative; determine its basic morphological and structural properties; recognize skin derivative pathologies; apply the knowledge in anthropological and forensic practice.
- Syllabus
- Hair function in man (thermoregulation, pheromones, hair-loss
- Macroscopic variations of hair and pilus - morphology of skin tissue derivatives on various levels of definition (human hair, human pile, animal hair.
- Structure of pilosebaceous unit
- Hair growth cycle (anagen, catagen, telogen), hair growth regulation (hormonal, nutritional influences etc.)
- Morphological and metrical characteristics of hair. Interpopulation differences. Hair pigmentation.
- Clinical trichology - hair structure pathologies (alopecia, hypotrichoses, hypotrichoses, hair anomalies, parasites).
- Exogenous hair damage: the effect of chemicals on hair structure and shape (industrial chemicals, cosmetic treatment); mechanical effects, light emission effects etc.
- Taphonomy of hair and pile - post-separation and post-mortem effects (types of degradation according to various environmental effects, biodegradation, necrotic roots).
- Distinguishing human and animal hair/pile. Taxonomic determination of animal hair.
- Forensic trichology. Hair and pile as a biological trace in police investigation (securing the traces, evaluation, comparison, chemical analyses, n-DNA, mt-DNA extraction).
- Archeotrichology - hair and pile in archeology (imprints in metal and ceramics residues).
- Literature
- Forensic taphonomy :the postmortem fate of human remains. Edited by William D. Haglund - Marcella H. Sorg. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1996, xxvii, 636. ISBN 0-8493-9434-1. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical training in form of lectures complemented with demonstrations on preparates.
- Assessment methods
- The course is concluded with a written exam which tests knowledge of the issues discussed at lectures and in the required reading. To pass the exam successfully the student must attain 70 % of possible points.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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