FACE TO FACE LECTURES

• Powerpoint
• Use of light microscope to observe laboratory slides and become familiar with digital laboratory slides

Examination:

• Theory: multiple choice test, true/false questions, short answer questions, oral examination of students with special educational needs

• Laboratory exercises: examination on digital and/or non-digital laboratory slides based on what the students have learned during the semester

Course evaluation: online, anonymous.

The aim of Specific Morphology course is to introduce students to understanding of the histological structure of the organ systems of human body. Furthermore, students should be able to understand the correlation of tissue microscopic features of each system with their function, as well as adaptation to tissue damage, inflammation and neoplasmatic disease.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to use the acquired knowledge to:

• Understanding the basic principles of Specific Morphology course
• Understanding and thorough knowledge of the normal structure of human organs tissue components at the microscopic ultrastructural and molecular level
• Correlate normal structure of human organs and organ systems with normal function
• Apply this knowledge to understand pathogenetic mechanisms and altered tissue morphology of human diseases
• Integrate the information and knowledge obtained from this course with information from other basic scientific fields and courses (biochemistry, human biology and genetics etc).
• collaborate with fellow students to write scientific papers and perform basic research for presentation at student conferences.

General Abilities

The Histology – Pathology Laboratory organizes courses, workshops, post-educational meetings and actively participates in research and conferences aimed at:

• Promotion of knowledge and medical ethics, with rules of ethics, which serve the recent needs of the student-future doctor as well as society needs.
• Promotion of knowledge and research, within a free academic environment, aiming at the highest quality educational level.
• High-level research, published in contemporary highly prestigious scientific Journals.
• Education of students, in order to approach the modern medical thought, the way research is conducted, theories and methodological approaches related to morphology of human body tissues and the multistage process of carcinogenesis.

The goal is the preparation of students, capable of further continuing their studies within our university as well as their successful careers.

Module 1

Endocrine system: Pituitary gland, Thyroid gland, Parathyroid gland, Adrenal glands, pineal gland. Anatomy, vascularization, neurosis and principles of hormonal regulation.

Module 2

Skin-Breast: Hair, sweat and sebaceous gland, hair follicles and associated structures. Onyx, Pacini and Meissner corpuscles, non-secretory mammary gland, breast in lactation, mammary gland secretions.

Module 3

Respiratory system: Transport and respiratory part of the respiratory system, olfactory mucosa, larynx, trachea, respiratory epithelium and cilia, bronchi, bronchioles, lung tissue, blood-air barrier.

Modules 4-5-6

Digestive system I: tooth and pulp, periodontal ligament and gum, tooth development. Tongue and taste buds, palate

Digestive system II: Stomach and small intestine, large intestine, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, appendix.

Digestive system III: Salivary glands, pancreas, liver, gall bladder

Module 7

Urinary system: kidney, vascular glomerulus, urinary tubules, renal arterial supply and venous drainage, collecting tubules, Paraglomerular apparatus, kidney medulla, ureter and urinary bladder.

Module 8

Female reproductive system: Placenta, ovary, fallopian tube, uterus, vagina, follicles, corpus luteum, menstrual cycle, fertilization and implantation, external genitalia.

Module 9

Male reproductive system: Testis, Spermiogenesis, epididymis, seminal duct and seminal vesicle, prostate gland, penis, urethra, interstitial Leydig cells.

Module 10

Sensory organs: Specialized peripheral receptors, mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, pain and itch receptors, Eye, Ear.

Module 11

Lymphatic system: Lymphatic tissues, innate and adaptive immune system, immune system cells and functions, major histocompatibility system molecules.

Module 12

Lymphatic system: Lymph nodes, thymus, and spleen.

Tutorials – Laboratory Exercises

• Pituitary, thyroid and parathyroid gland, adrenal glands
• Thick and thin skin, cross- and horizontal section of the scalp
• Epiglottis, larynx, trachea, bronchus, vocal cords, lung
• Tongue, esophagus
• Stomach, small intestine, colon
• Tonsil, sublingual salivary gland, pig and human liver, pancreas, gallbladder
• Ureter, bladder, kidney
• Cervix, endometrium in productive phase, in secretory and in bleeding phase, ovary
• Breast versus breast in lactation
• Testis, epididymis, spermatic pore, seminal vesicle, prostate
• Eye, ear

 1. “Guide of systems histology” by M.Ioannou, 1st edition (2021)

 ISBN: 978-618-5515-12-6