Four semester hours, two hours lecture, six hours lab per week. Microscopic structure of vertebrate tissues and cells, with consideration of their origin and their function in the adult body.

Bio 241 with a minimum of a C
Bio 341 with a minimum of a C

Bio 449L

• understand the four basic tissue types: epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue.

• understand the structure and function of each organ system in the human body with the focus on cellular and tissue organization.

• be able to compare and contrast pathological conditions with normal tissues.

• complete the animal histology lab, which not only reinforces material learned in lecture, but allows the students the opportunity to compare and contrast tissue organization. Lab also builds the deductive reasoning skills (differential diagnosis) of the students in the identification of any tissue from the human body.

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Bio 449 course competencies

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Bio 449 topics