Subject

Lectures (hrs)

% of Total

I- Cytology

1-LM&EM picture ,function and  molecular biology of cytoplasmic organelles:

-membranous( cell membrane, rough endoplasmic reticulum, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi  apparatus, mitochondria, lysosomes, peroxisomes, proteosomes and annulate lamellae)

-non membranous organelles(ribosomes, microtubules ,centrioles, cilia , flagella  and  microfilaments)

1

2-inclusions  

1

3-nucleus: structure by LM&EM ,function 

1

4-DNA

1

5-types of RNA 

1

6-physiological cell death

1

II-Cytogenetics

1-cell cycle and cell division (mitosis  meiosis)

1

2-Gametogenesis(oogenesis &spermatogenesis)

1

3-structure of  chromosomes

1

4-chromosomal study& karyotyping

1

5-chromosomal bands:  G banding, fluorescence in situ hybridization

1

6-Sex chromatin (Barr body )

1

7-chromosomal aberrations:

  a-numerical abnormalities:

i-aneuploidy (monosomy,trisomy)

ii-polyploidy (triploidy , tetraploidy, endoreduplication)

1

  b-structural   abnormalities:

1- translocation  2- deletion.

 3- inversion.       4- insertion.

1

5- isochromosome6- dicentric chromosome.

7- ring chromosome.   8- duplication. 

9- fragile x chromosome

1

Total

15

100%