BIOMS 4130

Histology: The Biology of the Tissues

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Provides students with a basis for understanding the microscopic, fine-structural, and functional organization of vertebrates (primarily mammals), as well as methods of analytic morphology at the cell and tissue levels. Emphasizes dynamic interrelations of structure, composition, and function in cells and tissues.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: BIOMG 1350.

Distribution Category (BIO-AS) (OPHLS-AG)

Comments Recommended prerequisite: BIOMG 3300 and BIOMG 3310, or equivalent.

• Recognize and describe the cells, tissues and organs of a mammalian body.
• Describe the connection between visual and functional aspect of each cell/tissue.
• Anatomically locate each tissue and organ in the body.
• Recognize the normal tissue as the basis to recognize how they change when affected by diseases (abnormal/pathological).
• Master the physiological complexity of body tissues.

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