| Course Schedule |
- This
schedule lists the lectures, labs, quizzes & exams given in Microscopic Anatomy. Although the Microanatomy sessions are also listed in the
schedule that is part of each individual module guide, we provide you with this
separate listing to give you an overview of the entire course.
- This
schedule indicates exactly what subject matter is included on every quiz, exam,
or scavenger hunt.
- This schedule
includes the reading assignments for
lectures and labs. Lecturers and
lab instructors operate under the assumption that you have read these pages and
become familiar with their contents before coming to class.
- Location
of Classes:
- For medical
students, the lectures, clinical correlations and slide reviews are held in Cohen
Auditorium (Auditorium A) at Queen
Lane. Labs are held in the Multidisciplinary
Teaching Laboratory (Lab B) at Queen Lane
- For
Interdepartmental Medical Science (IMS) students, lectures will be simulcast to
the Center City campus. Labs will
be held in Center City. Consult
your instructors for lecture and lab room assignments.
- Note that most lectures last 50
minutes, but some go as long as 80
minutes without a break. Whenever two 50-minute lectures are
scheduled back-to-back, there will be a 10 minute break between them.
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Key for Reading
Assignments:
R = Histology, A Text
& Atlas by Ross & Pawlina, 5th edition (the required text)
W = Wheater’s Functional
Histology by Young et al., 5th edition (the required atlas)
*A = Molecular Biology
of the Cell by Alberts, et al., 4th edition (recommended reading)
* The readings from Alberts are not required but may be
helpful since they cover some of the lecture material from the early part of
the course in greater detail than the required text. |
DAY |
DATE |
TIME |
LECTURER |
TOPIC |
REQUIRED READING |
FUNDAMENTALS MODULE |
Tues |
Aug. 11 |
1-2:30 PM |
Smith |
Introduction & Microscopy |
R: Chap. 1; W: pp. 426-431 |
Thur |
Aug. 13 |
10:30-noon |
Gallo |
Cytoskeleton |
R: Chap. 2 & 3
W: Chap. 1 & 2, & pp. 88-93
*A: Chap. 16 & the following pages: 695-730, 749-809, 813-819, 855-870, &1131-1178. |
Fri |
Aug. 14 |
11 AM |
Baird |
Cell Junctions |
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1 PM |
Baird |
Lysosomes & Peroxisomes |
Mon |
Aug. 17 |
11 AM |
Himes |
Nucleus, ER & Golgi |
Tues |
Aug. 18 |
9 AM |
Raghupathi |
Mitochondria |
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1 PM |
Smith |
The Differentiated Cell |
No additional reading |
ABNORMAL AMNIOCENTESIS MODULE |
Fri |
Aug. 21 |
10 AM-noon |
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Lab 1: Microscopy, Stains, & Organelles |
Lab Manual: Introduction & Lab 1 |
Mon |
Aug. 24 |
2-3:30 PM |
Gallo |
Epithelia & Glands |
R: Chap. 4 & 5 & pp. 495-502
W: Chap. 5 & pp. 260-262 |
Tues |
Aug. 25 |
1-3 PM |
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Lab 2: Epithelia & Glands |
Lab Manual: Lab 2 |
Wed |
Aug. 26 |
8-10 AM |
Hirsch |
Connective Tissue 1 & 2 |
R: Chap. 6 & 9; W: Chap. 4
*A: pp. 1178-1195 |
Thur |
Aug. 27 |
8-10 AM |
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Lab 3: Connective Tissue |
Lab Manual: Lab 3 |
Fri |
Aug 28 |
8:30-10 AM |
Houle |
Integument |
R: Chap. 15; W: Chap. 9 |
Mon |
Aug. 31 |
10:30-noon |
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Lab 4: Integument |
Lab Manual: Lab 4 |
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1 PM |
DePace |
Breast |
R: pp. 804-809, 830-833; W: pp. 386-390 |
Tues |
Sept. 1 |
*11:30-noon |
DePace |
Fetal Membranes/Placenta |
R: pp. 794-795 (implantation), 796-801 (placenta), 824-827; W: pp. 378-385 |
Wed |
Sept. 2 |
8:30-10:30 AM |
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SCAVENGER HUNT #1 (Covers Labs 1 thru 4) |
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Lab 5: Placenta & Breast |
Lab Manual: Lab 5 |
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2 PM |
Hanau |
Pathology Correlates |
No additional reading |
Thur |
Sept. 3 |
9-11 AM |
Smith |
Slide Review in Aud. A (Epithelium to Conn. Tissue) |
See notes in module guide |
Fri |
Sept. 4 |
9 AM |
Smith |
Slide Review in Aud. A (Conn. Tissue thru Breast) |
See notes in module guide |
Fri |
Sept. 11 |
8:30 AM start |
WRITTEN EXAM (Covers Fundamentals & Abnormal Amniocentesis)
PRACTICAL EXAM (Covers Fundamentals & Abnormal Amniocentesis) |
MUSCLE WEAKNESS MODULE |
Tues |
Sept. 22 |
9:30 AM |
Neuhuber |
Skeletal Muscle |
R: Chap. 11; W: Chap. 6 |
Wed |
Sept. 23 |
2 PM |
Baird |
Cardiac & Smooth Muscle |
Thur |
Sept. 24 |
9-10:30 AM |
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Lab 6: Muscle |
Lab Manual: Lab 6 |
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10:30-noon |
Baird |
Peripheral Nerve & Ganglia |
R: Chap. 12; W: pp. 122-140 |
Tues |
Sept. 29 |
1 PM |
Son |
Motor & Sensory Endings |
R: pp. 451-453 & 291-295
W: pp. 134-135 &148-150 |
Thur |
Oct. 1 |
10:30-noon |
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Lab 7: Nerve |
Lab Manual: Lab 7 |
* This lecture represents the last 30 minutes of a 1.5 hour lecture on Fetal Membranes & Placenta that covers their gross anatomy and histology. The gross anatomy precedes the histology (starting at 10:30 AM). Students taking Microanatomy are responsible for the information presented in the Gross Anatomy session as well as the Microanatomy session.
DAY |
DATE |
TIME |
LECTURER |
TOPIC |
REQUIRED READING |
WEIGHT LOSS MODULE |
*Fri |
Oct. 9 |
11:15-noon |
Fischer |
Hypophysis (Pituitary) |
R: pp. 686-698, 716-719; W: pp. 328-332 |
*Mon |
Oct. 12 |
9:00-9:45 AM |
DePace |
Thyroid & Parathyroid |
R: pp. 700-706, 722-723; W: pp. 333-337 |
Wed |
Oct. 14 |
10 AM |
DePace |
Adrenals (Suprarenals) |
R: pp. 706-715, 724-727; W: pp. 338-341 |
Thur |
Oct. 15 |
8:30-10 AM |
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Lab 8: Endocrine Glands |
Lab Manual: Lab 8 |
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2 PM |
Goldman |
Cartilage & Bone 1 |
R: Chap. 7 & 8; W: Chap. 10 |
Fri |
Oct. 16 |
9 AM |
Goldman |
Cartilage & Bone 2 |
Mon |
Oct. 19 |
1-3 PM |
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Lab 9: Cartilage & Bone |
Lab Manual: Lab 9 |
Tues |
Oct. 20 |
9:30-11 AM |
Goldman |
Bone Formation & Joints |
See notes in module guide |
Thur |
Oct. 22 |
1 PM |
Hanau |
Pathology Correlates |
No additional reading |
Fri |
Oct. 23 |
1-3 PM |
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SCAVENGER HUNT #2 (Covers Labs 6 thru 9)
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Lab 10: Bone Formation/Joints |
Lab Manual: Lab 10 |
Mon |
Oct. 26 |
9-11 AM |
Smith |
Slide Review in Aud. A (Muscle, Nerve & Endocrine) |
See notes in module guide |
Wed |
Oct. 28 |
1-3 PM |
Smith |
Slide Review in Aud A (Endocrine, Cartilage, Bone & Bone Formation) |
See notes in module guide |
Fri |
Oct. 30 |
8:30 AM start |
WRITTEN EXAM (Covers Muscle Weakness & Weight Loss)
PRACTICAL EXAM (Covers Muscle Weakness & Weight Loss) |
* These 45 minute lectures are part of two separate 1.5 hour lectures that are being co-taught by Physiology & Microanatomy. The Physiology half precedes the Microanatomy session on Oct. 9 (starting at 10:30 AM); Physiology follows Microanatomy on Oct. 12 at 9:45 AM. Students taking Microanatomy are responsible for the information presented in the Physiology as well as the Microanatomy sessions.
DAY |
DATE |
TIME |
LECTURER |
TOPIC |
REQUIRED READING |
CHEST PAIN MODULE |
Wed |
Nov. 4 |
9:30-10:30 AM |
Smith |
Blood 1 |
R: Chap. 10; W: Chap. 3 |
Thur |
Nov. 5 |
9:30-11 AM |
Smith |
Blood 2 |
Fri |
Nov. 6 |
11 AM-noon |
Raghupathi |
Hematopoiesis |
Mon |
Nov. 9 |
1-2:30 PM |
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Lab 11: Blood/Hematopoiesis |
Lab Manual: Lab 11 |
Wed |
Nov. 11 |
8:30-10 AM |
Houle |
Cardiovascular System |
R: Chap. 13; W: Chap.8 |
Thur |
Nov. 12 |
10:30-noon |
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Lab 12: Cardiovascular Syst. |
Lab Manual: Lab 12 |
Mon |
Nov. 16 |
10:30-noon |
Smith |
Slide Review in Aud. A (Blood, Hematopoiesis & CV System) |
See notes in module guide |
Wed |
Nov. 18 |
9:00 AM start |
WRITTEN EXAM (Covers Chest Pain) in Lab B
PRACTICAL EXAM with projected slides in Auditorium A (Covers Chest Pain) |
Thur |
Nov. 19 |
Peer evaluation for Microanatomy opens |
Mon |
Nov. 23 |
Peer evaluation for Microanatomy closes at 5 PM |
Mon |
Nov. 30 |
Peer evaluation data opens for review |
SUSPICIOUS LUMP MODULE |
Wed |
Dec. 2 |
10 AM |
Smith |
Lymphoid Organs 1 |
R: Chap. 14; W: Chap. 11 |
Thur |
Dec. 3 |
10 AM |
Smith |
Lymphoid Organs 2 |
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Fri |
Dec. 4 |
10:30-noon |
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Lab 13: Lymphoid Organs |
Lab Manual: Lab 13 |
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5:00 PM |
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Review of peer evaluation closes |
Mon |
Dec. 7 |
9:00 AM |
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QUIZ (Lymphoid Organs) |
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DAY |
DATE |
TIME |
LECTURER |
TOPIC |
REQUIRED READING |
SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
Mon |
Jan. 4 |
9:30-11 AM |
Ladman/Smith |
Respiratory Tract |
R: Chap. 19; W: Chap.12 & p. 401. Recommended reading: Moore, The Developing Human, 7th ed., Chap.11 |
Tues |
Jan. 5 |
8:30-10 AM |
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Lab 14: Respiratory Tract |
Lab Manual: Lab 14 |
Wed |
Jan. 13 |
8 AM |
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QUIZ (Respiratory Tract) |
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FAILURE TO THRIVE MODULE |
Wed |
Jan. 13 |
11 AM |
Goldman |
Teeth |
R: pp. 483-496; W: pp. 251-257 |
Thur |
Jan. 14 |
10 AM |
Hirsch |
Upper GI Tract 1 |
R: pp. 476-482, 495-535, 554-563
W: pp. 258-273, 227-228 & 400 |
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11 AM |
Hirsch |
Upper GI Tract 2 |
Fri |
Jan. 15 |
10:30-noon |
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Lab 15: Upper GI Tract |
Lab Manual: Lab 15 |
Fri |
Jan. 22 |
9-10:30 AM |
Smith |
Slide Review in Aud. A (Lymphoid & Respiratory) |
See notes in module guide |
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2-3:30 PM |
Hirsch |
Lower GI Tract |
R: pp. 535-553, 564-575; W: pp. 228 & 274-287 |
Mon |
Jan. 25 |
2-4 PM |
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Lab 16: Lower GI Tract |
Lab Manual: Lab 16 |
Tues |
Jan. 26 |
8:30-10 AM |
Smith |
Liver/Gall Bladder/Pancreas |
R: Chap. 18; W: Chap. 15 |
Wed |
Jan. 27 |
10 AM-noon |
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SCAVENGER HUNT #3
(Covers Labs 13 thru 16) |
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Lab17: Liver/Gall Blad./Pancr. |
Lab Manual: Lab 17 |
Fri |
Jan. 29 |
11 AM |
Hanau |
Pathology Correlates |
No additional reading |
Tues |
Feb. 2 |
9-11 AM |
Smith |
Slide Review (GI Tract) |
See notes in module guide |
Wed |
Feb. 10 |
8:30 AM start |
WRITTEN EXAM (Covers Failure to Thrive)
PRACTICAL EXAM (Covers Suspicious Lump, Shortness of Breath, Failure to Thrive) |
ABDOMINAL PAIN MODULE |
Thur |
Feb. 11 |
8:30-10 AM |
DePace |
Urinary System |
R: Chap. 20; W: Chap. 16 |
Tues |
Feb. 16 |
8:30-10 AM |
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Lab 18: Urinary System |
Lab Manual: Lab 18 |
INFERTILITY MODULE |
Fri |
Feb. 19 |
9 AM |
Goldman |
Ovary |
R: pp. 772-788, 810-815; W: pp. 359-367 |
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10 AM |
Goldman |
Female Reproductive Tract |
R: pp. 788-796, 801-804, 816-823, & 828-829
W: pp. 367-377 & 391 |
Tues |
Feb. 23 |
1-2:30 PM |
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Lab 19: Ovary/Female Repro. |
Lab Manual: Lab 19 |
Wed |
Feb. 24 |
10 AM |
Baird |
Testis |
R: Chap. 22; W: Chap. 18 |
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11 AM |
Himes |
Male Reproductive Tract |
Thur |
Feb. 25 |
1-3 PM |
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SCAVENGER HUNT #4
(Covers Labs 18 & 19) |
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Lab 20: Testis/Male Repro. |
Lab Manual: Lab 20 |
Fri |
Feb. 26 |
9:30-11:00 AM |
Smith |
Slide Review (Urinary System & Female Reproductive) |
See notes in module guide |
Tues |
March 2 |
10 AM |
Hanau |
Pathology Correlates |
No additional reading |
Thur |
March 4 |
1 PM |
Smith |
Slide Review (Male Repro.) |
See notes in module guide |
Wed |
March 10 |
9:00 AM start |
WRITTEN EXAM (Covers Abdominal Pain & Infertility)
PRACTICAL EXAM (Covers Abdominal Pain & Infertility) |
Mon |
March 15 |
9 AM start |
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM: WRITTEN EXAM ONLY (Covers entire course) |
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THIS IS THE END OF THE MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY COURSE
NOTE: The three sessions listed below are presented by the Microanatomy faculty but are part of the Neuroscience course and count toward your Neuroscience grade.
DAY |
DATE |
TIME |
LECTURER |
TOPIC |
REQUIRED READING |
SYMPTOMS OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER MODULE |
Mon |
April 26 |
2 PM |
Baird |
Histology of the Ear |
R: Chap. 25; W: pp. 414-425 |
Mon |
May 3 |
2 PM |
Himes |
Histology of the Eye |
R: Chap. 24; W: pp. 402-413 |
Fri |
May 7 |
10:30-noon |
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Lab: Eye and Ear |
See neuro lab guide |
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