Unit ANIMAL AND PLANT BIOLOGY AND HUMAN ANATOMY
- Course
- Chemistry and technology of drugs
- Study-unit Code
- GP003074
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Maria Laura Belladonna
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
HUMAN ANATOMY
| Code | GP003080 |
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| Location | PERUGIA |
| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Desiree Bartolini |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche |
| Academic discipline | BIO/16 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Gross anatomy of the major organs and systems, topographical relationships between the structures, notions of microscopic anatomy |
| Reference texts | TESTO PROVA |
| Educational objectives | Knowledgement of basic concepts of human anatomy |
| Prerequisites | To effectively follow and understand the topics covered in the course of Human Anatomy is necessary that the student has the basic concepts of Biology |
| Teaching methods | Frontal Lectures |
| Other information | All the didactical materials and information of the exam and the course are available in Unistudium |
| Learning verification modality | Multiple choice written test. |
| Extended program | Structure of parenchymatous and hollow organs. Cardiovascular System: Large and small circulation, the heart, the serous pericardium, conduction system, blood vessels and their structure, the main branches of the aorta and vena cava. Lymphatic system: lymph vessels, lymph nodes, thoracic duct). Hematopoietic and lymphoid organs (bone marrow, thymus, spleen Respiratory System: Nasal cavity, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs (pulmonary lobule structure), pleura. Muscles of respiration. Digestive System: buccal cavity, teeth, tongue, organ of taste, the major salivary glands, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine (intestinal villus structure), large intestine, liver (hepatic lobule structure), portal vein system, pancreas exocrine, peritoneum. Urinary System: Kidneys (structure of the nephron), urinary tract infection. Male Reproductive System: the testes, sperm ducts and glands. Female Reproductive System: ovary, fallopian tubes, uterus. Introduction to general embryology. Nervous System: Central nervous system: spinal cord, brain (bulb, pons, midbrain, cerebellum, diencephalon, telencephalon). Peripheral nervous system: origin and formation of the spinal nerves and cranial nerves, peripheral notes on their distribution. Sensory pathways and motor paths. Autonomic nervous system: sympathetic and parasympathetic. Endocrine System: Pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pineal gland, adrenal glands, endocrine pancreas, testis and ovary as endocrine glands |
ANIMAL AND PLANT BIOLOGY
| Code | GP003079 |
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| Location | PERUGIA |
| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Maria Laura Belladonna |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche |
| Academic discipline | BIO/13 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Cell organization of living organisms. Chemical components of the cell. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The eukaryotic cell components (cell membrane, mitochondria, chloroplasts, endomembrane system, cytoskeleton, and nucleus) and their functions. Cell communication: membrane receptors and signal transduction. Cell adhesion mechanisms. DNA replication and cell cycle. Asexual and sexual reproduction. Transcription and protein synthesis. Regulation of gene expression. Tumor cells. Principles of general and human genetics. |
| Reference texts | "Becker - Il mondo della cellula" J. Harding, G. Bertoni - Ed. Pearson - 9th edition |
| Educational objectives | The main objective of the module is the integrated study of an animal or plant cell, with particular regard to mechanisms involved in the biogenesis of organelles and cell structures, of cell-cell and cell-environment interactions, bioenergetics, and transmission of genetic information. Students should acquire the ability to connect different cellular processes and apply the acquired knowledge to understand the following teachings. |
| Prerequisites | To effectively follow and understand the topics covered in the course of Animal and Plant Biology is necessary for the student to have a basic knowledge of chemistry as it is normally acquired in high school. Furthermore, following in the meantime the teaching of General and Inorganic Chemistry will be of great help. |
| Teaching methods | Face-to-face lessons with PowerPoint presentations. A pdf copy of each presentation will be available for the students on Unistudium Learning Platform. |
| Other information | For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or DSA visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa |
| Learning verification modality | The exam consists of a written and an oral exam. The written exam is a multiple-choice test on all the topics covered in the course, lasting 60 minutes. The written exam aims to verify the basic level of knowledge necessary to access oral examination. The oral examination lasts no longer than 30 minutes and enables to verification of the level of knowledge and understanding achieved by the student, and the ability of the student to highlight the correlations between the various biological processes. In addition, the oral examination will assess the student's ability to communicate and expose with appropriate language the topics of cell biology. The exam will be performed at the end of the course according to the exam timetable. The evaluation will be in thirtieths (minimum: 18/30; maximum: 30/30 cum laude) |
| Extended program | Cell organization of living organisms. Chemical components of the cell: water and macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and lipids). Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, viruses, and prions. Bioenergetics. Enzymes. The eukaryotic cell components: cell membrane (composition and structure, permeability, ion, and molecule transport); mitochondria and chemotrophic energy metabolism; phototrophic energy metabolism: photosynthesis; endomembrane system (endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosome; vesicular transport, exocytosis, and endocytosis); peroxisome. Cell communication: electric signals, chemical signals, membrane receptors, and signal transduction. Eukaryotic cell components: Cytoskeleton (microtubules, microfilaments, and intermediate filament), nucleus (chromatin, chromosomes, nucleolus). Cell adhesion mechanisms. Genetic information and gene expression. Genes and genomes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. DNA replication. Cell cycle phases and control. Apoptosis. Asexual and sexual reproduction. Meiosis. Gene recombination. Gametogenesis and fertilization. Karyotype. Gene, chromosome, and genome mutations. Transcription. RNA maturation. Messenger RNA. Transfer RNA. Ribosomal RNA and ribosomes. Genetic code and translation of gene information: protein synthesis. Regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes: bacterial operon. Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level. Tumor cells. Principles of general and human genetics. Mendel's Laws. Incomplete dominance and codominance. Multiple alleles. Pleiotropy. Gene interaction. Quantitative traits. Continuous and discontinuous variation. Normal and pathologic human karyotypes. Mendel's inheritance in humans. Genetic pedigrees (Family trees). Dominant and recessive autosomal heredity, sex linkage. |