The subject

The Histology for students of dentistry 2. subject will give the necessary background for understanding physiological and pathophysiological processes. During the semester you will get acquainted with the light and electronmicroscopical structure of different organs and organ systems. This is the second part of the two-semester subject.

In the histology practices, the students must work in the histology workbook and make a sketch of every slide studied during the semester. The goal of the drawings in not the brush-up of your artistic skills, or replacing the micro-photos, but it is an excellent tool to motivate you to study every details of the slide. A good schematic drawing shows that you examined and understood the important features of the actual tissue. You will be allowed to sit for the exam only if your histology lab teacher accepted your Histology Workbook.

The exam

The exam is an oral-practical exam at the end of the semester.

The students enroll for the oral practical semester exam individually, according to the regulations of the regulation of the Medical School (ETR). In general, three or four students are present in the place of the exam. One of them is performing, the others are preparing. The exam consists of two parts, including practical and theoretical questions. Each part of the exam is scored ("part-scores"). The students take an envelope with two slides. You have cca. 30 minutes to get prepared with the topics. The (active part of the) exam lasts for about 20-40 minutes. .

Parts of the exam:

Description of two slides. The slides are the same as those studied in the first semester; however, they are not necessarily from the same tissue specimen that was shown in the practice. Recognizing the slide is not enough to pass that question!!! During the exam you will get questions not only in connection with the tissue for which the slide was shown during the semester, but with all basic tissues in the slide. You will get two sub-scores for the two slides.
For a successful exam your knowledge must be sufficient. The final mark of the exam is calculated as weighed average of the "part-scores". Students with lack of general histological orientation (even if recognizing the slide) fail the exam.
Retakes and correction exams are identical with the "A" exams in every respect. These exams are neither easier nor more difficult than the "A" exams

We call your attention that the semester will be accepted only (you will be allowed to sit for the exam) if you did not exceed the absence limit (see information of absences), and your histology lab teacher accepted your Histology Workbook.

Exam questions

Histology slides

1. Lip HE
2. Gl parotis HE
3. Gl sublingualis HE
4. Gl submandibularis HE
5. Gl sublingualis PAS-H
6. Ground tooth Fuchsin
7. Tooth development (early) HE
8. Tooth development (early) Azan
9. Tooth development (advanced) HE
10. Tooth development (advanced) Azan
11. Tongue Fili- and fungiform papillae HE
12. Tongue Papillae vallate HE
13. Lingual tonsil HE
14. Palatine tonsil HE
15. Lymph node HE
16. Spleen HE
17. Thymus HE
18. Larynx HE
19. Trachea HE
20. Lung HE
21. Lung orcein
22. Wall of the heart HE
(exam-slide from the year 2015/2016) 23 Esophagus HE
24 Cardia HE
25. Corpus ventriculi HE
26. Corpus ventriculi PAS-H
27. Pars pylorica ventriculi HE
28. Pars pylorica ventriculi PAS-H
29. Duodenum HE
30. Jejunum HE
31. Ileum HE
32. Colon HE
33. Appendix vermiformis HE
34. Rectum HE
35. Myenteric plexus (NADPH)
36. Liver (human) Azan
37. Liver (human) HE
38. Liver injected with Indian-ink HE
39. Liver bile-capillaries Golgi
40. Gall bladder HE
41. Pancreas HE
42. Kidney HE
43. Kidney injected with Indian-ink HE
44. Urinary bladder HE
45. Ureter HE
46. Ovary HE
47. Ovarium (corpus luteum) HE
48. Oviduct HE
49. Uterus (phase of prolif) HE
50. Uterus (phase of secretion) HE
51. Uterus (cervix) HE
52. Vagina HE
53. Placenta HE
54 Parietal decidua HE
55. Umbilical cord HE
56. Non-lactating mammary gland HE
57. Lactating mammary gland HE
58. Testis HE
59. Epididymis HE
60. Epididymis Azan
61. Spermatic cord HE
62. Seminal vesicle HE
63. Prostate gland HE
64. Penis HE
65. Penis (corpus spongiosum) HE

Suggested textbooks

Histology

Michael H Ross PhD; Gordon I Kaye PhD; Wojciech Pawlina MD: Histology: A Text and Atlas With Cell and Molecular Biology
or:
Luiz Junqueira, Jose Carneiro: Basic Histology: Text & Atlas, 10th Edition

Embryology