HISTOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY

Ability to understand and describe morphology and cellular organization in histological preparations using the optical microscope.
Ability to understand and describe the structure and ultrastructure of the eukaryotic cell and the functions of its various components in the different types of tissues.
Ability to understand and describe the morphology, organization and function of:
 Epithelial and secretive tissues.
 Connective tissues, proper and specialized.
 Muscular tissues (skeletal, cardiac and smooth).
 Nervous tissue.
Ability to understand and describe:
 The organization of gonads in gametogenesis and the dynamics of fertilization.
 The migration and implantation sequence of the zygote and the differentiation sequence in embryonic development.