Systems Histology [SBIOB232]

3 credits
15h+20h
1^st quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français
Teacher: Renard Patricia

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 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

Objectives

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)

The cardio-vascular system
The immune system
The digestive system and the accessory glands (liver and pancreas)
The respiratory system
The urinary system
The female reproductive system
The male reproductive system

Teaching methods

Lectures

Coloured schemes are drawn on the blackboard and discussed again on more complex schemes, sections or micrographies (PowerPoint slides). The students have access to the slides shown during the lectures on WebCampus. Reference books (Histologie humaine or Human histology, Stevens & Lowe ; Histology, A Text and Atlas with Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology, W Pawlina, Wolters Kluwer) are recommended. The latter are available at the institutional library and in the practicals classroom.
During the lectures, students are regularly questioned.
Examples of pathological histology are given and illustrated at the end of the chapters (more for the interest and for acquiring a general scientific culture)
A multimedia tool is proposed as a complementary tool : http://www.histology.be.

Practicals

The practicals are directly articulated with the theoretical course. Attendance at practical classes is mandatory. They give the opportunity to the students to review the courses and discover the structures presented during the lectures, by examining digital histological sections from the www.Histology.be website with the Cytomine software. The practicals include exercises devoted to i) identify histological structures pointed by the teacher ; ii) point and annotate histological structures on digital images and iii) provide answers to questions highlighting the structure-function relationship for histological structures.

Evaluations

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

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté des sciences
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Undergraduate Degree

	Block	Credits
Bachelier en sciences biologiques	2	3