DB3804: DEVELOPMENT OF ORGAN SYSTEMS (2020-2021)

Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04

Course Overview

the business end of embryogenesis – turning a bundle of cells into a functioning baby;
the course addresses the development of the major organ systems – where do the lungs, the pancreas, the liver, the blood, the heart etc. come from? How does the nervous system develop?;
we show that the processes are not ‘magic’. There are accessible principles and systems that enable us to begin to understand how tissue development happens;
the course investigates the roles of stem cells in embryology, adult life and cancer;
practical classes in working laboratories study the roles of cell proliferation and cell death in embryogenesis

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	3
Term	Second Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Professor Jon M. Collinson

Qualification Prerequisites

Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Undergraduate Programme
AN3301 Human Embryonic Development (Studied)
Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

DB3802 Development of Organ Systems (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Vertebrate organogenesis: The induction in the Ectoderm of Neural tissue, Neural Crest tissue and Epidermis, The Vertebrate Neural Crest, Skin Development, Muscle Development, Bone Development, Kidney Development, The Development of the Heart, Blood vessels and Blood, Development of the Digestive Tract and its Derivatives, Lung Development. Invertebrate Organogenesis: Imaginal Discs in Drosophila.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Practical 15%

Essay 15%

Exam 70%

Resit: resubmission of failed elements

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.