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Introduction: Levels of Organisation and Living Matter
Levels of Organisation
Components of Living Matter
Viruses, Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Check Yourself: Introduction
Cytology for Histologists
Plasma Membrane
Nucleus, Chromatin and Nucleolus
ER, Golgi, Vesicles, Lysosomes and Peroxisomes
Mitochondria
Cytoskeleton
Check Yourself: Cytology
Cell Death and Cell Division
Apoptosis and Necrosis
The Cell Cycle
Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Meiosis
Check Yourself: Cell Death and Division
Gametogenesis and Fertilisation
Spermatogenesis
Oogenesis and Follicles
Ovarian and Uterine Cycles
Fertilisation
Check Yourself: Gametogenesis and Fertilisation
Early Embryology and the Placenta
Week 1: Cleavage to Blastocyst
Week 2: Implantation and the Bilaminar Disc
Week 3: Gastrulation, Notochord and Neurulation
Mesoderm Differentiation, Folding and Germ-Layer Derivatives
Fetal Membranes
The Placenta
Check Yourself: Embryology
Covering Epithelium
General Features and the Basement Membrane
Classification and Types
Intercellular Junctions
Apical Specialisations
Check Yourself: Covering Epithelium
Glandular Epithelium
Exocrine versus Endocrine; Goblet Cells
Classification by Duct and Secretory Unit Shape
Mode of Secretion and Nature of the Product
Check Yourself: Glandular Epithelium
Endocrine Glands
Hormones: Classes, Actions and Control
Hypothalamus, Pituitary and Pineal Gland
Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
Adrenal Glands
Pancreatic Islets, Interstitial Glands and Diffuse Endocrine Cells
Check Yourself: Endocrine Glands
Connective Tissue Proper and Adipose Tissue
Functions, Origin and Composition
Ground Substance
Fibres: Collagen, Reticular and Elastic
Cells of Connective Tissue
Types of Connective Tissue Proper
Adipose Tissue
Check Yourself: Connective Tissue
Cartilage
Matrix, Cells, Perichondrium and Growth
Hyaline, Elastic and Fibrocartilage
Check Yourself: Cartilage
Bone
Functions and Bone Matrix
Bone Cells and Their Regulation
Woven, Compact and Spongy Bone
Ossification and Growth
Remodelling, Repair and Disorders
Check Yourself: Bone
Blood
Plasma, Haematocrit and the Blood Smear
Erythrocytes
Leukocytes
Platelets and Haemostasis
Check Yourself: Blood
Haematopoiesis
Sites, Stem Cells and Bone Marrow
Erythropoiesis
Granulopoiesis, Monocytopoiesis, Thrombopoiesis and Lymphopoiesis
Check Yourself: Haematopoiesis
The Immune and Lymphatic System
Innate Immunity
B Cells, Antibodies and Humoral Immunity
T Cells, Antigen Presentation and MHC
Failures of the Immune Response
Lymphatic Vessels and Primary Lymphoid Organs
Secondary Lymphoid Organs
Check Yourself: Immune and Lymphatic System
Nervous Tissue
Organisation and Glial Cells
The Neuron
Membrane Potentials and the Action Potential
Synapses
Nerve Fibres, Myelin, Nerves and Regeneration
Check Yourself: Nervous Tissue
Muscle Tissue
Muscle Types and Skeletal Muscle Structure
Contraction, Energy and Fibre Types
Neuromuscular Junction and Excitation-Contraction Coupling
Cardiac Muscle and the Conduction System
Smooth Muscle
Check Yourself: Muscle Tissue
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