Histology and Embryology I

Code:

MIMD020109

Acronym:

HISTEMB I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Biology

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Gestão Académica
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	83	Official Plan for the Academic Year 2025/2026	2	-	4	54	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Prior knowledge of Cell 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, PNS, nerves, ganglia, ANS).
09. Cardiovascular system (blood, lymph vessels, heart).
10. Lymphoid system (cells and organizational categories, MALT, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus).
11. Integumentary system.
12. Embryological correlations.

Mandatory literature

Laboratório de Histologia e Embriologia do ICBAS; Manual de Aulas Práticas, Eduardo Rocha, 2025. 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: 9780323673211
Daniel 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

Software

OlyVIA

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment 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

Calculation formula of final grade

Examinations or Special Assignments

THEORETICAL EXAM – Multiple-choice test. Each question has five options, of which only one is correct. Candidates may select as many options as they wish – the correct option counts as 100% of the question; each incorrect option penalises by 25%. The number of questions and the duration of each exam will be communicated at the time of the test. Generally, the time allocated will not be less than 50 seconds per question.

PRACTICAL EXAM – Consists of a short-answer questionnaire based on static and/or dynamic images (digital slides). Diagnosis of histological structures or related questions are required. The number of questions may vary. The duration of the exam will be communicated at the time of the test.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS: No special assignments are required, although small questionnaires may be administered either face-to-face or remotely.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The exams described above are intended for students taking exams during the regular exam periods (normal and resit). In this context, special exams requested, for example, by student representatives or during the special September exam period, may take different forms, according to a model determined by the course instructor on a case-by-case basis.

Such exams may consist of assessments similar to those described, but with a different number of questions, written theoretical-practical tests, projected theoretical-practical tests, direct oral examinations using histological slides under a microscope, among others. The exact type of exam will be communicated at the time of its administration.

Scheduling of exams is the responsibility of the faculty, according to their availability and the booking of exam spaces. Information will be communicated to candidates via notices on SIGARRA, documents, and especially by email, using the addresses provided by ICBAS as recorded in students’ SIGARRA profiles; alternatively, notices may be posted on Moodle.

Classification improvement

Improvement of the final grade is only possible after passing the course unit.

Improvement is achieved by taking new final exams, theoretical and/or practical, with the participation grade remaining unchanged.

The best possible combination of grades obtained will always be considered, whether from the same assessment period or from different ones.

It is the student’s responsibility to verify that the best combination has been applied and to raise concerns if this is not the case.

Observations

If a student does not achieve the final pass in a given exam period, positive partial grades obtained (from the 2020/21 academic year onwards) in various assessment components may carry over to subsequent exam periods and/or academic years, subject to confirmation by the course instructor at the start of each academic year.

During an exam period, the student may choose to take only the theoretical exam. If passed, the practical exam may be taken at a later date. Until the theoretical exam is passed, the student cannot improve their theoretical exam grade. However, they may forfeit the pending grade and sit a new theoretical exam, in which case the new grade will apply, whether higher or lower.

Only pending grades obtained from the 2020/21 academic year onwards will be considered, subject to validation by the course instructor.

Repeating students who are enrolled are typically exempt from attending practical classes, although attendance at theoretical classes is recommended. They may only attend practical classes again if an individual place is available in the room.