Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student should be able

  • To integrate the knowledge acquired on cell types and tissues (see Histo I, SBIO B231) at the level of organs within the different systems (nervous, digestive, circulatory, immune, respiratory, excretory, reproductive systems)
  • To address a chapter (the reproductive systems) by self-learning
  • To find and identify organs and structures on histological sections
  • To master the vocabulary specific to histology
  • To use an image analysis software (Cytomine) for the practical course

Goals

  • To make the students realise the importance of the links between structure and function at the levels of the cell, tissue and of the extracellular matrix, but also of the organs and systems
  • To introduce students with the histology of organs and systems, relying on the basal cell types (epithelial, connective, contractile and nervous cells, as well as blood cells) seen in Histo I and on the complementarity between theoretical and practical courses, but also the available multimedia tools.
  • To train the student for the examination of digital histological sections, using the Cytomine software, so that he or she can select or identify structures that have been described during the lectures.

Content

  • To make the students realise the importance of the links between structure and function at the levels of the cell, tissue and of the extracellular matrix, but also of the organs and systems
  • To introduce students with the histology of organs and systems, relying on the basal cell types (epithelial, connective, contractile and nervous cells, as well as blood cells) seen in Histo I and on the complementarity between theoretical and practical courses, but also the available multimedia tools.
  • To train the student for the examination of digital histological sections, using the Cytomine software, so that he or she can select or identify structures that have been described during the lectures.

The course includes 2 learning activities (LA):

  • The theoretical lectures
  • The practical sessions (program and time schedule provided on WebCampus)

Table of contents

  1. The cardio-vascular system
  2. The immune system
  3. The digestive system and the accessory glands (liver and pancreas)
  4. The respiratory system
  5. The urinary system
  6. The female reproductive system
  7. The male reproductive system

Assessment method

1. The evaluation of the theoretical part (2/3 OF THE POINTS) is oral. The student has to be able :

  • to establish links between structure and function of any (sub)cellular or tissular structure, but also at the level of organs
  • to compare different structures, identifying and explaining similarities as well as major differences.  In addition, the student has to define a series of keywords and selectively choose the most relevant information concerning each of these keywords.

The student has 45-60 min to prepare the answers to the questions and is highly encouraged to use this preparation period to illustrate the answers with relevant drawings and schemes. During the oral examination, the student is continuously questioned and his/her ability to go through all the course assessed. In case it is not possible to organise an oral examination in the presence of the student, a mutliple choice questioning including some open questions will be organised at distance

 

2. The evaluation of the practical part (1/3 OF THE POINTS) is performed using the Cytomine software. The student has digitized images of histological sections and the Cytomine software that has been used during the practical sessions. He or she has to be able to answer 4 types of tests:

  • Select a requested histological structure, choosing the right image
  • Identify structures pointed on sections (histological path)
  • Perform an organ diagnosis
  • Describe micrographs in electron microscopy (transmission, scanning and cryofracture / cryodecode electron microscopies), among those seen during the year

Sources, references and any support material

 

Histologie humaine - Lowe (De Boeck)

Histology - A Text and Atlas with Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology, 7th or 8th edition, by Michael H. Ross and Wojciech Pawlina, Wolter Kluwer

Language of instruction

Français
Training Study programme Block Credits Mandatory
Standard 0 3
Standard 2 3