Curricular Unit:			Code:
Embryology, Histology and Cytology			845EHCT
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Nutrition Sciences	5 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	65
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The goals are: i) to provide basic knowledge in Histology and embryology, ii) to give the bases for interpretation of histopathology, iii) to apply the knowledge obtained and, iv) to develop critical skills in learning and communication.
Syllabus:
Organism’s levels of organization: Tissue concept, histology methods. Basic tissues: Epithelia, Connective Tissue (connective tissue proper, adipose tissue, cartilage tissue, bone tissue, blood tissue), Muscle Tissue, Nervous Tissue. Cardiovascular system: general characteristics and organization; heart, systemic blood vessels; lymphatic vessels. Skin and cutaneous adnexa: organization and functions. Respiratory system: general characteristics, histology of nose and nasal cavity, epiglottis, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs and alveoli; pleura. Immune system: general characteristics and organization, lymph nodes, thymus, spleen and tonsils. Initial embrionary development: first, second, third and fourth week of development.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Cytology, Histology and Embryology are classical disciplines for several university degrees in the field of health sciences. In preparing the syllabus of this course, it was took into consideration the acquisition of updated theoretical knowledge, but giving up particular emphasis to overlapping of the three areas. The understanding and application of theoretical concepts, namely the relationship between structure and function of tissues and organs, will be demonstrated through the presentation and discussion of relevant clinical cases. Finally the skills acquired by students will be validated during the laboratory sessions using the observation and identification of histological preparations.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Classes will be theoretical and laboratory sessions. Theoretical sessions will emphasize the acquisition of basic knowledge of the discipline, and it will be presented and discussed some clinical cases. In laboratory sessions will be privileged the observation and identification of histological preparations. The evaluation of the acquisition of skills by the students in this course will be done by conducting written tests of theoretical and practical nature, always favoring the model of continuous assessment.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The teacher will use adequate tools by taking into account the particular nature of each lesson. Theoretical sessions will focus on the acquisition, understanding and application of basic knowledge through classroom lessons in which the teacher with the support of multimedia devices will teach the discipline syllabus. The teacher will always play a role of facilitator and organizer of the contents, stimulating the active exchange with students. It will also be presented, analyzed and discussed some clinical cases. Finally during the laboratory sessions, by using the compound light microscope, students will observe several histological preparations of tissues and organs and the knowledge acquired in the theoretical sessions will be evaluated. The student supervising outside of the classrooms will help the students to acquire the expected skills.
Reading:
[1] Aarestrup BJ. 2012. Histologia Essencial. 1ª edição. Guanabara & Koogan. Rio de Janeiro [2] Gartner LP, Hiatt LP (2003) Tratado de Histologia. 2ª Edição. Guanabara & Koogan. Rio de Janeiro [3] Hib J. 2003. DiFiore Histologia: Texto e Atlas. 1ª Edição. Guanabara & Koogan. Rio de Janeiro [4] Junqueira LC, Carneiro J. 2013. Histologia Básica: Texto e Atlas. 12ª Edição. Guanabara & Koogan. RJ [5] Ross MH, Pawlina W. 2012. Histologia: em correlação com Biologia Celular e Molecular. 6ª Edição. Guanabara & Koogan. RJ