Department of Zoology
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

ZOOL 409, Lecture Week 4

• Week 4 lab notes
• SYLLABUS (including links to all note pages)
• 409 Homepage (index of course resources)
• Dr. King's School of Medicine histology page
• Slide summary

Topics for Week 4 Lectures:

1. Monday's lecture shall provide an overview of skeletal system.  Click here or on one of the links below for detailed notes.
   
   
   • Introductory comments
   • CARTILAGE
   • BONE
   • DEVELOPMENT and REMODELLING
     • Cartilage formation
     • Intramembranous and endochondral ossification
     • Remodelling
     • External link, with excellent images.
   • JOINTS
   • REPAIR and PATHOLOGY
      
2. Wednesday's lecture shall provide an overview of muscle tissue, one of the four basic tissues.  Click here or on one of the links below for detailed notes.
   

   Muscle occurs in three distinct types.  Click on the thumbnail for a bigger image, or on "More" for more text.

   Smooth muscle More	Cardiac muscle More	Skeletal muscle More

   
        
3. Review:
• Basic tissue types.
• Checklist of cell structures / functions.
• Tissue preparation.
   

More:  see Ed (The Path Guy)'s Basic Histology Gallery.

 

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