Unit PHYSIOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOLOGY
- Course
- Midwifery
- Study-unit Code
- A001049
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Cinzia Antognelli
- CFU
- 4
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
APPLIED BIOLOGY
| Code | GP003725 |
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| CFU | 2 |
| Teacher | Cinzia Antognelli |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Scienze biomediche |
| Academic discipline | BIO/13 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Flow of genetic information within a biological system and its regulation. Cell cycle and its control. Mutations: types and causes. Reproduction of multicellular living organisms: meiosis and gametogenesis. Basic concepts of formal genetics. Basic concepts of medical genetics. Blood types. |
| Reference texts | R. Roberti, G. Alunni Bistocchi, C. Antognelli, VN Talesa - Biochimica e Biologia per le professioni sanitarie – McGrawHill P. Bonaldo, S. Suga, R. Pierantoni, P. Riva, M.G, Romanelli- Biologia e Genetica – EdiSES |
| Educational objectives | The aim of the course is the integrated study of the cell and living organisms, with emphasis on the mechanisms involved in: organelles biogenesis and cellular structures, cell-cell interactions, cell-extracellular matrix interactions, DNA duplication, transmission of the genetic information, gene expression, cell proliferation, general and human genetics. The ability to learn, relate and integrate one concept to another will be considered fundamental issues in order to facilitate the understanding of the disciplines provided in the subsequent years of the Degree Course. |
| Prerequisites | Basic elements of chemistry |
| Teaching methods | Face-to-face |
| Other information | Site of the teacher: Nuova sede dei Dipartimenti di Medicina - Edificio B, 4° piano - P.le L. Severi 1 - Sant'Andrea delle Fratte - Perugia Tel:0755858354 cinzia.antognelli@unipg.it |
| Learning verification modality | Written and oral examination |
| Extended program | Property and organization of living beings. Cell theory and theory on the evolution of the species. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes: common characteristics and differences. The size of the cell and the surface / volume ratio. Compartmentalization of eukaryotic cells. Biological membranes: structures and functions. The cytoskeleton. Nucleus and nucleolus. The nuclear envelope and the pore complex. Organization of chromatin in eucromatin and heterochromatin; the chromosomes. DNA strand structure and properties; Organization and function of histones. The smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum; The Golgi Apparatus, ribosomes and lysosomes; typology of cell digestion: heterophagia, autophagy, extracellular digestion. Protein sorting mechanisms, vesicular transport. The Peroxisomes. Lysosomal and peroxisomal diseases. Mitochondria: structure, characteristics and functions. Mitochondrial DNA, matrilineal inheritance. Clinical manifestations from mitochondrial changes. DNA duplication in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; DNA mutations and repair. Genome expression: transcription and DNA translation. Maturation of the pre-mRNA. The various ANNs. Cell cycle: interphase and mitosis. the control system. Meiosis. Crossing over and independent segregation of chromosomes. The basis of genetic variability. Gametogenesis: oogenesis and spermatogenesis. Differences and stages in the production of male and female gametes. Mistakes in meiosis and clinical correlations; aneuploidies: trisomy of 21,18,13, trisomy xxx, Turner syndrome, S. of Jacobs, S. Klinefelter. Inactivation of the X chromosome. Fertilization: capacitation, oocyte-spermatozoon interaction modality; polispermia. The karyotype. Invasive and non-invasive prenatal diagnosis: fetal cells and free fetal DNA in maternal blood. Gene and Epigenetics regulation. Apoptosis. |
PHYSIOLOGY
| Code | GP003732 |
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| CFU | 2 |
| Teacher | Luigi Sforna |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Scienze biomediche |
| Academic discipline | BIO/09 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |