Comparative Histology and Embryology II

Code:

MA216

Acronym:

HEC_II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	General and Aquatic Biology

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Histology and Embryology
Course/CS Responsible:	Aquatic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCMA	26	Plan 2007 to 2011	2	-	5	49	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This subject follows Compared Histology and Embriology I and is expected that students acquire skills and abilities of microscopy observation, making possible the diagnosis of vertebrates organs and the deduction of their histophysiology, based on the morphological and staining characteristics.

To demonstrate the practical use of knowing the microanatomy of normal tissues, considering the several potential modifications, including teratological aspects in embryology.

To show several models of embryological development, discussing evolutionary aspects and correlating descriptive embryology with the final anatomy.

To stimulate critical thinking.

To stimulate integrative knowledge.

Program

THEORETICAL (PART A) AND PRACTICAL
Digestive tract.
Glands associated to the digestive tract.
Sense organs.
Endocrine glands.
Urinary apparatus.
Male and female reproductive apparatus.
Study of the special histology of bivalves.
Study of the special histology of peneidean crustacea.

THEORETICAL (PART B)
Introduction to the Embryology.
Fertilization and gametes.
Larvae. Cellular basis of morphogenesis.
Cleavage: creation of multicellularity.
Environmental regulation of development.
Mechanisms of development and evolution.
Embryology of invertebrates: Porifera, Cnidaria, Curstacea, Equinodermata.
Embryology of vertebrates: Fish, Amphibian, Avian and Reptiles, Mammals.

Note: Details of the above topics will be posted online during the course in the section "Contents".

Mandatory literature

Junqueira & Carneiro; HISTOLOGIA BÁSICA (10ª Edição), Guanabara Koogan, 2006. ISBN: 85-2770906-6
Anil B. Amin, Liisa Mortensen & Trygve T. Poppe; HISTOLOGY ATLAS: NORMAL STRUCTURE OF SALMONIDS, Akvapatologisk Laboratorium AS, Bodø, Norway, 1992. ISBN: 82-992406-1-1
Frederick W. Harrison and Alan J. Kohn; Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates: Mollusca II (Volume 6A), Wiley-Liss, 1997. ISBN: 0-471-15447-4
Michael J. Leboffe; ATLAS FOTOGRÁFICO DE HISTOLOGIA, Guanabara Koogan, 2005. ISBN: 0-89582-605-4
Scott E. Gilbert; Developmental Biology, Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 0878932585

Complementary Bibliography

Cartos Gonçalves e Vasco Bairos; HISTOLOGIA - TEXTO E IMAGENS, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2006. ISBN: 972-8704-66-6
Barbara Young; PICTURE TESTS IN HISTOLOGY, CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE, 2001. ISBN: 0443060207
Gary Ostrander; The Laboratory Fish (Handbook of Experimental Animals), Academic Press, 2000. ISBN: 0125296509
Scott E. Gilbert & Anne M. Raunio; Embryology: Constructing the Organism., Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, 1997. ISBN: 0-87893-237-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures.
Interactive lectures.
Practical lessons.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	50,00
Theory Exam	Exame	1,00
Practical Exam	Exame	1,00
Project I	Trabalho escrito	15,00
Project II	Trabalho escrito	15,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Self-study	Estudo autónomo	53
	Total:	53,00

Eligibility for exams

As to the Law (See regulation of the U.Porto).
Critical presentation of two (2) cientific papers.

Calculation formula of final grade

Classification in theoretical test x 0,40 + Classification in practical test x 0,35 + Articles + Participation

The "Participation", according to the number of presences in classes, degree of self-commitment, and quality of participation in classes, can reach a maximum value of 1 point. Each "Article" can reach 2 points. The student passes if he/she manages to reach a minimum of 9.50 points, after the application of the formula.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Planning and presentation of scientific papers (two per student).

Observation of maintenance and reproduction of the model zebrafish to follow the respective embryogenesis. [The students may be required to visit the UTAD, at Vila Real.]

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

After approval to a discipline, the student can attempt to improve its first grade. Eventually, the student can attempt to improve the previous mark of just one of the exams, either the theory or the practical exam.

Classification improvement

All students that are entitled by law to special examinations will perform them upon official request, in a date announced by the responsible teacher, in accordance with the rules of the ICBAS.

Observations

The grades of the several evaluation components can pass from one examination term and/or scholar year. Anyway, this possibility must be confirmed with the responsible teacher at the beginning of each scholar year. This confirmation is to be made because eventual changes in the programme and/or evaluation rules of the Histology and Embryology course can impair such transference of previous grades. In a certain examination term, the student may choose to make just one of the requests examinations.