Credits: 3

Teaching Objectives and Requirements 

Histology is a science which studies the microstructure under the light microscope (LM) and the ultrastructure under the electron microscope of the human body, and relationship between the microstructure and function. Embryology is a science which studies the development of the human body.

The teaching purposes of these subjects are to induce the students who acquire the basic theories and knowledge of these two courses and gain relative basic skill training.

By studying, the students should achieve such level: to distinguish the LM structure of varieties of cells, tissues and main organs; to distinguish the ultrastructure of the main cells and tissues of the body; to know the relationship between the structure and function; to gain a systemic knowledge about the early development of the human embryo and the development of the main organs, to establish a good basis for learning other basic and clinical medical courses.

According to the teaching plan of six-year system of international college, the total teaching hour is 108. The proportion of lectures to experiments is 1:1.

The contents in this syllabus will be studied by lecture, individual study and so on.

The basic scope, range and quality of teaching have been stipulated in this syllabus, the syllabus act as a foundation for teaching and learning. The two-grade requirements of “master” or “know” have been pointed in the “learning objectives” of every chapter. The arrangement of the “master” part and the “know” part, and the specimens, pictures in “practice contents” may be adjusted according to the conditions of every grade.

Textbooks and References

Text Book：

1. Wheater’s functional HISTOLOGY(5th edition)，Churchill Livingstone, Harcourt Publishers Limited. 2005

2. Langman’s Medical Embryology (10th edition), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

Reference Materials：

1.《组织学与胚胎学》(第六版), 人民卫生出版社（北京），2004

2. The developing human: clinically oriented Embryology (7th edition), SAUNDERS,2003

Contents:

Include introduction, Epithelial Tissue, Connective Tissue, Cartilage and Bone,Blood, Muscle tissue, Nerve Tissue, Circulatory System, Respiratory system, Immune System, Endocrine System, Digestive Tract,Digestive glands, Sense Organ, Urinary system, Male Reproductive System, Female reproductive system and General Embryology.