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Syllabus

Web Resources

1. Preview text chapters, lab manual, Powerpoint presentations, web resources
2. Print out handouts for this section of course
3. Check out histology websites, beautiful images of tissues:  Univ. of Delaware [link], JayDoc (Univ. of Kansas) [link]
4. Check out Histology World:  Send Histology greeting cards, buy Anatomy Pneumonics T-shirts, Lots of Histology learning aids: [link]

• Become familiar with skeletal tissues--cartilage and bony tissue.  Appreciate their role in the structure and development of a long bone.

• Presentation on skeletal tissues [PPT download] [Tegrity video of PPT]
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• Reading from Complications [link]
• Hate, Love about A and P; Fear and Aspirations for group [link]
• Review crucial parts of "Getting Ready for A and P" [link--important topics] [link--my A andP]
• Read syllabus for complete understanding.  Contact instructor with any uncertainties

• Read and study skeletal tissue slide samples [Wish List]

• Become familiar with epithelia and connective tissue components of skin.  Appreciate function, development, adult structure, and pathology of skin. 

• Presentation on skin [PPT download] [Tegrity video of PPT]

• Read and study skin slide samples [Wish List]

SKELETAL TISSUES

1. Know distinct features and their function of cartilage and bone tissue
2. Understand process of bone formation and how it relates to the different parts of a long bone
3. Recognize bony tissue and its distinct organization, features that can be seen in microscope
4. Understand how bone forms and be able to see stages of bone formation in microscope slide of long bone

SKIN

1. Review two basic ways in which cells organize into tissues:  epithelia, connective tissues
2. Learn main two component layers of skin--dermis and epidermis as examples of connective and epithelial tissues
3. Learn sub-layers of epidermis and of dermis
4. Learn about possible skin problems, skin cancer, burns
5. Use skin as a model for understanding how structure (anatomy), function (physiology), cell organization (histology) and embryology all relate
6. Discern layers of skin in microscope and know function of various skin components

For Skeletal Tissues

http://www.gentili.net/fracturemain.asp#   Click on skeleton and see x-ray images of bone fractures all over body

For Skin

National Institute of arthritis, muscle, skin

http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/index.htm

Health info on various topics, good section on acne

The skin cancer foundation

http://www.skincancer.org/

Self-exam for skin problems, lots of info on skin cancers

Melanoma Education Foundation

http://www.skincheck.org/

Specifically devoted to educating about early detection and helping to prevent melanoma

http://www.skincarecampaign.org/pages/home.htm

Skin Care Campaign

British website aimed at keeping informed and up to date on all kinds of skin conditions

DermNet New Zealand

http://www.dermnetnz.org/

Very complete info on all skin diseases and problems with diagnostic photos, etc, geared towards working medical doctors, but good info.

Kids Health skin information. Site also includes great info for kids about their bodies in general and medical issues

http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/skin_noSW.html

Loyola Univeristy Medical Educaiton Site

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/dermatology/melton/skinlsn/sknlsn.htm

Some good basic info—this is the skin region of the site.