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Histology and Embryology I
| Code: | MIMD020102 | Acronym: | HISTEMB I |
| Keywords | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Keyword |
| OFICIAL | Biology |
Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S 
| Active? | Yes |
| Responsible unit: | Mestrado Integrado |
| Course/CS Responsible: | Integrated Master in Dental Medicine |
Cycles of Study/Courses
| Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIMD | 115 | Official Plan from the academic year 2020/2021 | 2 | - | 4 | 63 | 108 |
| NÃO INSCREVER - Plano exclusivo para uso administrativo | 2 | - | 4 | 63 | 108 |
Teaching language
PortugueseObjectives
Promote theoretical and practical knowledge of microanatomy and histophysiology of human tissues and circulatory and lymphoid systems and some aspects of general embryology.
Provide knowledge and skills that facilitate the analysis, understanding and progressive integration of contents of histology, anatomy, cell biology, physiology, immunology, biopathology, among others.
Promote a dynamic view of content, encouraging integration and the perspective of the importance and applicability of knowledge, skills and competences in the context of the training of dentists and from a holistic perspective of the human body.
Provide knowledge and skills that facilitate the analysis, understanding and progressive integration of contents of histology, anatomy, cell biology, physiology, immunology, biopathology, among others.
Promote a dynamic view of content, encouraging integration and the perspective of the importance and applicability of knowledge, skills and competences in the context of the training of dentists and from a holistic perspective of the human body.
Learning outcomes and competences
The student will be able to diagnose the tissues and systems studied, as well as their structural components, and will know the underlying histophysiology.
The student will be able to perceive and even foresee impacts resulting from the modification of the structure and function of the tissues and systems studied.
The student will be able to perceive and even foresee impacts resulting from the modification of the structure and function of the tissues and systems studied.
Working method
PresencialPre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)
Previous knowledge of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Anatomy.Program
01. Epithelial tissue (covering and lining, glandular).02. Connective tissue (cells, matrix, types of connective tissue).
03. Adipose (white, brown, beige).
04. Cartilage (hyaline, elastic, fibrous).
05. Bone and osteogenesis (types, ossification, fractures, joints).
06. Figured elements of blood (staining, erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets) and hematopoiesis.
07. Muscular tissue (skeletal, cardiac, smooth).
08. Nervous tissue (neurons, glia, CNS, meninges, choroid plexuses, SNP, nerves, ganglia, ANS).
09. Cardiovascular system (blood, lymph vessels, heart).
10. Lymphoid system (cells and types of organization, MALT, ganglia, spleen, thymus).
11. Integumentary system (skin and appendages).
12. Embryological correlations.
Mandatory literature
Laboratório de Histologia e Embriologia do ICBAS; Manual de Aulas Práticas, Eduardo Rocha, 2024. ISBN: n.a.T.W. Sadler; Langman's Medical Embryology (Fifteenth Edition), Wolters Kluwer - LWW, 2022. ISBN: 197517996X
Wojciech Pawlina; Histology: A Text and Atlas: With Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology (Ninth, North American Edition), Wolters Kluwer - LWW, 2023. ISBN: 1975181514
Complementary Bibliography
Abraham Kierszenbaum, Laura Tres; Histology and Cell Biology: An Introduction to Pathology, (5th Edition). Elsevier, 2019. ISBN: 9780323673211Daniel J. Chiego Jr; Essentials of Oral Histology and Embryology: A Clinical Approach, (5th Edition). Elsevier, 2018. ISBN: 10: 032349725X; 13: 978-0323497251
Paulo Abrahamsohn; Junqueira & Carneiro. Histologia Básica. Texto e Atlas, Guanabara Koogan, 2023. ISBN: 8527739275
Samuel Webster; Embryology at a Glance (2nd Edition), John Wiley & Sons, 2016. ISBN: 9781118910801
Teaching methods and learning activities
Expository methods (plenary, interactive classes) and practical training.
It includes the analysis and discussion of collections of histological preparations, mainly through digital slides, projected digital images, or under a microscope.
In the digital laboratory, there are interactive discussions, theoretical-practical integration of morphology and function; viz. using pictures, quizzes, debates.
Additional support outside the classroom, using the SIGARRA and other tools, providing both static and dynamic information for self-study and self-assessment.
It includes the analysis and discussion of collections of histological preparations, mainly through digital slides, projected digital images, or under a microscope.
In the digital laboratory, there are interactive discussions, theoretical-practical integration of morphology and function; viz. using pictures, quizzes, debates.
Additional support outside the classroom, using the SIGARRA and other tools, providing both static and dynamic information for self-study and self-assessment.
Software
OlyVIAEvaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final examAssessment Components
| Designation | Weight (%) |
|---|---|
| Participação presencial | 5,00 |
| Exame | 95,00 |
| Total: | 100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
| Designation | Time (hours) |
|---|---|
| Estudo autónomo | 45,00 |
| Frequência das aulas | 63,00 |
| Total: | 108,00 |
Eligibility for exams
According to the General Regulation of the University of Porto Learners Assessment is considered a student fulfils the attendance to a course if, having been regularly enrolled, does not exceed the number limit faults corresponding to 25% of all the foreseen classes (all types), as regulated in the existing organizational unit.
Attendance obtained in the previous academic year, from 2020/21, inclusive, is taken into account in the current academic year.
Attendance obtained in the previous academic year, from 2020/21, inclusive, is taken into account in the current academic year.
Calculation formula of final grade
Final classification = (Grade of theory test x 0.45) + (Grade of practical test x 0.50) + (Grade of participation x 0.05).
Each partial grade is given on the scale of 0 to 20.
Minimum mark in the theory test: 9.5.
Minimum score on the practice test: 9.5.
Minimum final score: 9.5 (= 10 points).
Condition for admission to the practical test: to get a minimum score of 9.5 in the theoretical examination.
Participation rewards attendance, attitudes, collaboration, commitment and the quality of student performance over time, in person or at a distance. Theoretical and especially practical classes will be considered for this purpose. Questions will be asked which will serve to assess the final grade for Participation.
Each partial grade is given on the scale of 0 to 20.
Minimum mark in the theory test: 9.5.
Minimum score on the practice test: 9.5.
Minimum final score: 9.5 (= 10 points).
Condition for admission to the practical test: to get a minimum score of 9.5 in the theoretical examination.
Participation rewards attendance, attitudes, collaboration, commitment and the quality of student performance over time, in person or at a distance. Theoretical and especially practical classes will be considered for this purpose. Questions will be asked which will serve to assess the final grade for Participation.
Examinations or Special Assignments
THEORETICAL EXAM - Multiple choice test. Each question has 5 alternatives, of which only one is correct. All the desired items can be chosen - the correct item is worth 100% of the question; each of the wrong ones is worth −25%. The number of questions and duration of each exam is informed at the time. As a general rule, the time will not be less than 50 seconds / question.PRACTICAL EXAMINATION - Consists of a questionnaire for short answers, made based on static and / or dynamic images (digital slides). Diagnosis of histological structures or related questions is requested. The number of questions is variable. The time of each exam is informed at the occasion. The exam is not divisible and is carried out during normal and recourse times.
There are no special assignments, and small questionnaires may be implemented, either in person or remotely.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
The exams explained above are for students who undergo an examination at regular times (normal use). Following this, the special tests required, for example for the associative students or the workers, can be of different types, according to a model/type to be determined by the course coordinator, in each case, and may well consist of the same kind of tests but with a different number of questions, theoretical and practical written assignments, theoretical and practical projections, direct examination with histological slides under the microscope, via Zoom, etc. The exact type of test is informed at the time of execution.The scheduling of tests is the responsibility of teachers according to their availability and the times when exam spaces are occupied, with information to candidates via notice via SIGARRA, via documents and in particular via email, using the directions assigned by ICBAS , contained in the students’ records (SIGARRA); alternatively a notice can be placed on Moodle.
Classification improvement
It is only possible to improve the grade after a final approval to the UC.It is done by conducting new final tests, theoretical and/or practical. The grade of the participation will be maintained.
It will always be considered the best possible combination between classifications obtained, at the same time or at different times.
It will be up to the student to check if the best combination was used and to draw attention if it was not.
Observations
If the student does not obtain final approval in a given season, the positive partial grades achieved (from 2020/21, inclusive) in the various assessment components may be carried over to subsequent seasons and/or academic years, a situation subject to being confirmed by the regent in the beginning of each academic year.In a certain period of exams, the student may choose to take only the theoretical exam. If you approve, you will be able to take the practical test at a later time. Until you pass, you cannot improve the theoretical exam. You can, however, dispense with the pending grade and take a new theoretical exam, being however subject to a new classification (whether positive or negative).
Pending classifications obtained from the 2020/2021 school year onwards are considered pending confirmation of their validity.
Frequently repeating students are exempt from attending practical classes, and are advised to attend theoretical classes. They will only be able to attend practical classes again if there is an individual space available in the classroom.
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