BIp006 General Zoology

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Alena Žákovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Alena Žákovská, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Alena Žákovská, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BIp001 Introduction to the Study of Biology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain (1) basic knowledge about problematics of general zoology; (2) structure and funtion of the animal cell; (3) recognize particular characteristic tissues and organs; (4) demonstrate acquirement of skills necessary during work with microscope; (5) skills necessary for drawing record; (6) creating generally positive attempt to autopsy studies is very important too.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain (1) basic knowledge about problematics of general zoology; (2) structure and funtion of the animal cell; (3) recognize particular characteristic tissues and organs; (4) demonstrate acquirement of skills necessary during work with microscope; (5) skills necessary for drawing record; (6) creating generally positive attempt to autopsy studies is very important too.
Syllabus
  • Lecture syllabus: 1. Introduction to histology: animal cells and tissues (division), histogenesis and intercellular matter: fibrillar (collagen, reticular and elastic fibers) and amorphous (glycosaminoglycans). 2. Epithelia 1: flat, squamous; cubic, cylindrical; single-layer, multi-layer, transitional 3. Epithelia 2: covering (keratinized stratified epithelium, non-keratinized stratified epithelium), resorptive, ciliated, sensory, glandular, germinal (ovaries and testes), pigmented. 4. Connective tissue: germinal mesenchyme, vesicular connective tissue, gelatinous connective tissue, thin collagenous tissue, adipose tissue, dense disordered tissue = stiff collagenous tissue, dense ordered tissue; 5. Cartilage: praecartilago, parenchymal cartilage, hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, fibrous (= fibrous, fibrillar) cartilage. 6. Bone and dental tissues: fibrous (felt) bone, lamellar bone (compact x spongy), ossification, dental tissues. 7. Trophic binders: blood and hematopoiesis, lymph, hemolymph, tissue fluid. 8. Muscle tissues: smooth, striated muscle and myocardium (heart muscle). 9. Nervous tissues: gray cerebral cortex (pyramidal and glial cells with projections), gray matter of the cerebellum (unipolar neurons), white matter of the cerebellum (macroglia - astrocytes), peripheral nerves (myelin and Schwann sheath). 10. Asexual and sexual reproduction, ontogeny of (multicellular) animals (Animalia) - emergence, development and growth of an individual, regeneration, aging, death. 11. Embryology (ontogenesis of multicellular animals) 1: embryogenesis: progenesis, blastogenesis, notogenesis; gastrulation, neurulation. Exercise syllabus: 1. Observation and drawing of free animal cells, especially vertebrate erythrocytes – permanent preparations of blood smears 2. Observation and drawing of permanent and native preparations - different shape of cells and cell inclusions 3. Observation and drawing of permanent preparations - types of epithelia according to the shape of epithelial cells 4. Observation and drawing of permanent preparations - types of epithelia according to the number of layers of epithelial cells 5. Observation and drawing of permanent preparations - types of epithelia according to function 6. Observation and drawing of permanent preparations of filling binders - ligaments 7. Observation and drawing of permanent preparations of supporting connectives - cartilage 8. Observation and drawing of (permanent) preparations of bone tissues 9. Observation and drawing of permanent preparations of human leukocytes – blood smears 10. Preparation, observation and drawing of native and permanent preparations of muscle tissues 11. Observation and drawing of permanent preparations of nervous tissues
Literature
  • PALEČEK, Jiří. Obecná zoologie :praktická cvičení. Vyd. 2. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1991, 141 s. ISBN 80-7066-492-4. info
  • PALEČEK, Jiří. Obecná zoologie :praktická cvičení. Vyd. 2. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1991, 223 s. ISBN 80-7066-493-2. info
  • APRIL, E.W., ERICKSON, A., MONTANO, S. (eds.) et al. (1990). Anatomy 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins,., 610 pp.
Teaching methods
Lectures - PPT presentation Laboratory practices - students alone under supervision of tutor observe and draw available permanent microscopical preparations.
Assessment methods
Requirements for credit: active participation on practices (every absence is required to be compensated), final presentation of completed exercise book or set of documents with work sheets, original drawings and successful passing of practical identification examination (students will be able, from photographs of observed microscopical preparations, to identify, which kinds of tissues they represent).Furthermore, the prerequisite for successful completion of the colloquium will be a paper and an oral examination on the material in the range corresponding to the syllabus of the lectures. The requirements to complete the course if the student is on mobility abroad and is recognized by ISP are the same. The exercises can be completed according to the drawings, the lecture can be studied.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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