HISTOLOGY:
- Cell structure
- Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
- Cellular organelles and cytoskeleton
- Extracellular matrix
- Cell junctions
- Active and passive transport mechanisms
- Cell cycle
- Epithelial tissue
- Exocrine and endocrine glandular epithelial tissue
- Connective tissues
- Cartilaginous tissue
- Bone tissue
- Hemopoietic and lymphatic tissue
- Muscle tissue
- Nervous tissue
- Eye tissues
- Tissue embryological development: Stages of the life cycle - Gametogenesis - Development of the gonads - Spermatogenesis - Ovogenesis - Fertilization - Segmentation - Gastrulation - Embryonic sheets - fetus development.
ANATOMY:
General architecture of the human organism: cells, tissues, organs, systems or apparatus.
Cardiovascular system: heart, vessels and blood circulation.
Lymphatic system: lymph, lymphatic organs, vessels and lymphatic circulation.
Skeletal system: calls of bone tissue, axial and appendicular skeleton, joints.
Nervous system: calls of nerve tissue, spinal cord and brief nods to the spinal nerves; general architecture of the brain.
LOCOMOTOR APPARATUS:
Overview and functions of skeletal and skeletal muscular systems; Bones: terminology, morphological classification, structure and functions. ; Joints: synarthrosis and diarthrosis (classification, structure and movements);
General information on skeletal muscles: terminology, morphological and functional classification and accessory organs of muscles and tendons: belts, sheaths, synovial bags; Structure of tendons and aponeuroses; TRUNK: Spine: Skeleton of the spine and relative joints. Muscles of the spine; Neck: regions and muscles of the neck; Thorax: Skeleton of the thorax and relative joints. Intrinsic and extrinsic muscles; diaphragm muscle; Respiratory Mechanics; Abdomen: Back wall and anterolateral wall muscles; Pelvis: Pelvic skeleton. Pelvic wall and pelvic diaphragm.
UPPER LIMB: skeleton and relative joints. Muscles. LOWER LIMB: skeleton and relative joints, Muscles. Morpho-functional and topographical aspects of the arts.
NERVOUS SYSTEM:
General Somatic and visceral nervous system; Functional classification of neurons; Spinal Cord: general superficial and deep organization; Spinal Nerves; Plexuses and detailed innervation of the walls of the trunk and limbs.
Respiratory system: respiratory tract, lungs and respiratory mechanics (Overview).
Digestive system: oral cavity, food channel and attached glands (salivary glands, liver and pancreas) (Overview).
Urinary tract: kidney, urinary tract (Overview).
BONE ORBITAL CAVITY The bone orbit.
MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF THE OCULAR APPENDAGES The Eyelids.
The Conjunctiva.
Lacrimal system: lacrimal glands and lacrimal pathways.
It’s the tear film.
Tonal anatomy of the eyeball.
The external tonal: cornea, sclera.
The average tonal: iris, ciliary body and choroid.
The inner tonal: retinal pigment epithelium and the nervous retina proper. The physiology of aqueous humour (production and outflow)
Photoreceptors and the mechanism of phototransduction.
Eye chambers: front chamber, rear chamber and glass chamber.
The crystal clear and accommodation.
Dioptric media: corneal, crystalline, aqueous humor, vitreous humor.
INTRINSIC EYE MUSCLES Ciliary muscle.
Pupillary sphincter muscle: myosis. Pupillary dilator muscle: mydriasis.
EXTRINSIC EYE MUSCLES
Lifting muscle of the eyelid.
Upper, lower, lateral and medial right muscles. Upper and lower oblique muscle.
OPTIC NERVE AND OPTICAL PATHWAYS
Branches of the artery and ophthalmic vein.
Motor brain nerves: common oculomotor, abducent and trochlear. Sensory brain nerves: optic and trigeminal.
PSICHOLOGY:
The definition of cognition: the origins of cognitive psychology;
The classical and moder theories of leraning;
Attention: definition, attention as an sensorial input filter, automatic and controlled processes;
Perception: Pattern recognition and problems of perception, Gestalt principles, top-down elaboration, face recognition
Memory: short-term memory;serial position effects, definition and structure of working memory, phenomena linked to WM; Long-term Memory: definition and characteristics, encoding specificity, autobiographical memory;
Main theories of emotion and the interaction between cognition and emotion.
