Human Developmental Biology - OENBB1716Z

• Title: Human Developmental Biology
• Guaranteed by: Katedra biologie a environmentálních studií (41-KBES)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 4
• Hours per week, examination: 0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (5); summer:unknown / unknown (5)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: RNDr. Edvard Ehler, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: RNDr. Edvard Ehler, Ph.D. (11.12.2020)

In this course, we will introduce basic concepts of prenatal and postnatal child development, together with some crucial topics from human/child biology (bone development, endocrine system, nervous system, etc.). We will aim to understand the biological rules of human development and the possible disorders and pathologies in this process. The course is suitable for non-biology students, but good understanding of high-school human biology is expected.

Descriptors

Last update: RNDr. Edvard Ehler, Ph.D. (11.02.2021)

Lectures will be held online using MS Teams platform, approximately every 2 weeks. Students are expected to work individually. Further information will be given by email at the beginning of the semester.

Literature

Last update: RNDr. Edvard Ehler, Ph.D. (30.01.2021)

Basic literature:

Starr C, McMillan B. Human biology. Nelson Education; 2013.

Mader SS, Windelspecht M. Human biology. McGraw-Hill; 2017.

Chiras DD. Human biology. Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 2019.

Webster S, Morris G, Kevelighan E, editors. Essential Human Development. John Wiley & Sons; 2018.

 

Further readings:

ULIASEK S.J., JOHNSTON F.E., PREECE M.A. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998.

Carlson BM. Human Embryology and Developmental Biology. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2018.

Syllabus

Last update: RNDr. Edvard Ehler, Ph.D. (30.01.2021)

Main topics of the course:

- Prenatal development: gametogenesis, egg fertilization, embryogenesis, fetal period

- Congenital malformations (CM): classification by cause, the most important factors in the development of CMs, genetically determined CMs, chromosomal aberrations and disorders of sex chromosomes, the influence of the environment on the development of CMs, prevention

- Perinatal period: childbirth, postpartum adaptation, birth complications, vaccination, prenatal diagnosis

- Postnatal development: neonatal period, infant period, toddler period, preschool, school and adolescent period of life, puberty, growth and developmental disorders, the effect of hormones on human growth and development

- Movement and support - skeletal development and growth, skeletal structure, function and structure of the muscular system

- Metabolism and respiration - development, structure and physiology of systems responsible for energy exchange of the organism. Physiological and morphological specifics of their structure in prenatal and childhood.

- Blood and cardiovascular system - blood function and composition, blood formation, prenatal and postnatal blood composition, immunity, heart structure and function, cardiac conduction system, fetal circulation.

- Excretory and genitourinary system - structure and function, development before birth and after birth

- Control systems of the organism - nervous and hormonal system - their basic functions, structure and comparison. Management on the growth and development of the organism, changes during childhood and puberty.

Course completion requirements

Last update: RNDr. Edvard Ehler, Ph.D. (30.01.2021)

To succesfully finish this course, students will have to handle in an essay and pass the final written test.

Thanks to the epidemic situation, course will be held most only using the MS Teams platform and students are expected to work and study individually. Further information will be sent by emails.

Learning resources

Last update: RNDr. Edvard Ehler, Ph.D. (30.01.2021)

Basic literature:

Starr C, McMillan B. Human biology. Nelson Education; 2013.

Mader SS, Windelspecht M. Human biology. McGraw-Hill; 2017.

Chiras DD. Human biology. Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 2019.

Webster S, Morris G, Kevelighan E, editors. Essential Human Development. John Wiley & Sons; 2018.

 

Further readings:

ULIASEK S.J., JOHNSTON F.E., PREECE M.A. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998.

Carlson BM. Human Embryology and Developmental Biology. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2018.