Catholic University of Louvain
Medical school

General histology

S. Haumont and J-F. Denef

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Foreword and aim of the course

This document introduces the WWW counterpart to the audiovisual course of general histology taught to first-year students in medicine at the University of Louvain medical school. It is also used by students in dentistry or pharmacy.

The underlined words are linked to images, drawings, or other parts of the course. By clicking either on these words or on the small inset pictures, students will get higher resolution images. Bold terms are used to focus on major concepts.

This course including text and images is accessible to all students and members of the University of Louvain and of the "Centre universitaire de Luxembourg".

This introduction and the table of contents are presented with several images as a small demonstration. To request access to the whole course, please contact J-F. Denef ( Denef@isto.ucl.ac.be).

Introduction

Histology is the study of the association of cells to form tissues. Here is an example of a cartilage consisting of cells dispersed in an amorphous intercellular material.

Each chapter of the course deals with a specific group of tissues:

Epithelia

• Stratified epithelia
• Simple epithelia
• Exocrine glands
• Endocrine glands

Connective tissues

• Unspecialized connective tissues
• Specialized connective tissues: reticular and adipose tissue, cartilage and bone
  

Blood and immune cells

• Erythrocytes and platelets
• Leukocytes
• Hematopoiesis

Nervous tissues

• Definition, embryology, neuron and peripheral nervous system
• Central nervous system
  

Muscular tissues

• Characterization of the different muscular cell types
• Contractile apparatus, neuromuscular junctions, nodal tissue of the myocardium
  

(c) J-F. Denef, U.C.L., 1995.
(Denef@isto.ucl.ac.be)

This course is protected by a copyright. Any reproduction without the consent of the authors is prohibited.