Course Descriptions

Especially designed for students in Kinesiology with applications to activities involving motion, locomotion and related injuries. The emphasis is on the structural, biomechanical and positional relationships of the skeleton, joints, muscles, blood vessels and peripheral nerves in the trunk and limbs. The anatomy of other major body systems is also covered, but less thoroughly.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours and 3 Practicum/Lab hours
Restriction(s): Students must be enrolled in the College of Kinesiology.
Prerequisite(s): (BIOL 120 and 121) or BIOL 224 or BMSC 208.3.
Note: Students with credit for ACB 310 will not receive credit for ACB 221.

This course covers the structure and functions of the human body. All major body systems are surveyed via lectures and practical laboratory sessions that focus on the direct study of human tissues.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours and 1.5 Practicum/Lab hours
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 224.3 or BMSC 208.3.
Note: Students with credit for ACB 202, 210, or 233 (discontinued courses) cannot take ACB 310 for credit.

Recent concepts in the regulation of cell signaling, motility and chromatin dynamics are discussed, with a focus on how these processes are regulated, and involved in select disease pathogenesis, aging, pain and therapeutic interventions. Consideration is also given to the experimental findings and approaches leading to these insights.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): BMSC 220.3.
Note: Students with credit for ACB 300 (discontinued course) cannot take ACB 325 for credit.

An introduction to the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate embryonic development in animals. Topics include fertilization, establishment of the major tissue/organ types, and body axis patterning. The course covers examples of embryogenesis in both vertebrate and invertebrate species in order to highlight key developmental principles.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): BMSC 220.3 and BIOL 224.3 or BMSC 208.3.
Note: Students with credit for ACB 201 (discontinued course) cannot take ACB 330 for credit.

This course will provide laboratory experience in cell and developmental biology. Instruction on, and use of, techniques such as cell culture, expression of proteins in cells, basic cytology, and immunofluorescence microscopy will be some of the areas covered.

Weekly hours: 3 Practicum/Lab hours
Prerequisite(s): BMSC 220.3 and BMSC 240.3.
Note: Permission of the department is required.

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

Provides insight into how imaging modalities visualize anatomical structures in living systems. Conventional imaging methods (ultrasound, MRI, and x-ray imaging), and newer imaging modalities of the synchrotron will be presented as well as topics on the development of contrast and potential clinical uses.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 117 or PHYS 125; and ACB 310.3

The organization of the basic tissues into organs and organ systems in vertebrates, with an emphasis on non-human mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and lower chordates. Online lectures are accompanied by online labs in which students learn to identify tissues from digital microscopic slides (virtual microscopy). Lab assignments are submitted weekly in online format.

Weekly hours: 2 Lecture hours and 2 Practicum/Lab hours
Prerequisite(s): BMSC 220.3; and BIOL 224.3 or BMSC 208.3
Note: Note that the non-web course will be available again in 2020.

A practical study of the macroscopic structure of the human body by regional dissection and study of prepared specimens. Lectures are closely integrated with the laboratory sessions. Correlation of structure and function is emphasized and surface and radiological anatomy are included.

Weekly hours: 2 Lecture hours and 6 Practicum/Lab hours and 1 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): ACB 210; or equivalent and permission of the instructor.

This is an online graduate course covering the histology of non-human vertebrates. Lectures and webinars are online. Exams on in person. Digital slides are accessed online through the College of Medicine Virtual Microscopy server and assessed in weekly online assignments. In addition there will be in person demonstrations of key histology techniques used in research.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Permission of the instructor and student advisory committee.

A review of recent advances in the study of developmental biology. Special emphasis is placed on the contributions of different experimental animal systems to research in a variety of areas in the field.

Weekly hours: 4 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): ACB 330; or equivalent and permission of the instructor.

Students will read journal articles on the myelinating glia of the CNS and PNS to identify the cell biological questions being asked, the techniques being used to study the cell biology of these cells, and the roles the cells play in normal and pathological functioning of the nervous system.

Prerequisite(s): BMSC 220 (formerly ACB 200) and ACB 210 or equivalent and permission of the instructor.

Recent developments in cell and molecular biology research will be examined. Students will present and evaluate selected publications from current literature. Among the topics of interest are: signal transduction, development and differentiation, apoptosis, gene expression/transcription, cell and organelle structure, and DNA dynamics and chromosome structures.

Weekly hours: 4 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): At least one senior level course in biochemistry, genetics or cell biology; or permission from the instructor.

Will provide graduate students with detailed neuroanatomical knowledge that will enable them to explain the location and basis for functional alterations that accompany a variety of neurological disorders.

Weekly hours: 2 Lecture hours and 2 Practicum/Lab hours
Permission of the course coordinator required.

Study in selected areas of morphological sciences may be undertaken with the consent of the faculty of Anatomy and Cell Biology. Involves reading assignments, lectures, and tutorials. Students will be required to critically analyse the scientific literature, participate in discussion, and give oral and/or written presentations.

Permission of the department required

Offered occasionally in special situations. Students interested in this course should contact the department of Anatomy and Cell Biology for more information.

Graduate students in the Anatomy and Cell Biology program will receive practical training in written and oral scientific communication. Topics include scientific writing technique and style, effective oral communication, electronic research tools and electronic presentation tools. Graduate students will also attend a student-run seminar series, and make one presentation in that series each year they are enrolled in the program.

Prerequisite(s): Open only to graduate students in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology.

Students enrolled in the M.Sc. program must register for this course.

Students enrolled in the Ph.D. program must register for this course.