Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques

Learning outcomes: - Knowledge in the morphology and structure of tissues - Identification and interpretation of histological structures. - Be aware of the relationship between tissue structure and function for the understanding of regulatory mechanisms and human pathology Program of Histologys Elements of Cytology and Methodology Methods and instruments of investigation for the observation of cells, tissues and organs. Preparation of histological specimens. Principles of staining and reading of an histological sample. Microscopy techniques in the morphological investigation: light and electron microscopy. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence on cell and tissue preparations. The cell and its organelles Concept of tissue, organs and systems Epithelial tissues: Covering Epithelia: general characteristics, organization, classification and description of the different types of Epithelia. Characteristics and surface specializations of Epithelial cells. Intercellular junctions. Glandular epithelia: exocrine and endocrine glands. Connective Tissue: cells and extracellular matrix (fibers and amorphous ground substance). Connective Tissue Proper (loose and dense). Adipose tissue. Supporting Connective Tissues: Cartilage: (hyaline, elastic and fibrocartilage). The perichondrium. Bone: compact bone and cancellous (spongy) bone. The periosteum and endosteum. Histogenesis of the cartilage and bone. Intramembranous and endocondral ossification. Bone remodeling. Fracture repair. Blood. Bone marrow and Hematopoiesis. Lymphoid tissue. Concepts on the immune system. Muscle tissue: smooth, skeletal and cardiac muscle. Nerve tissue and Neuroglia. Synapses.

Istologia per le Lauree Triennali e Magistrali, Bani-Faraldi-Settembre (Idelson Gnocchi) Elementi di Istologia e Cenni di Embriologia, Adamo (Piccin) Elementi di anatomia, istologia e fisiologia dell'uomo, Martini, Bartholomew (EdiSES) Fondamenti di Anatomia e Fisiologia, Martini, Nath (EdiSES) Anatomia e Fisiologia, Saladin (Piccin) Elementi di Anatomia e Fisiologia dell'Uomo, Marieb (Zanichelli) Anatomia e Fisiologia, Thibodeau (Casa Editrice Edra)