Building Blocks of Human Life: Understanding Mature Cells and Stem Cells

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Duration: 7 hours 11 Minutes (432 Minutes Total)

MP3, 32 KBS, 22.05 KHz

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Course Syllabus

Lecture 1 Origin of Cell Types

Lecture 2 Epithelial Cells

Lecture 3 Muscle Cells

Lecture 4 Cells of Nervous Tissue

Lecture 5 Connective Tissue Cells

Lecture 6 Blood Cells and Their Progenitors

Lecture 7 Cells of Cartilage and Bone

Lecture 8 Cells of the Skin

Lecture 9 Exocrine Cells

Lecture 10 Endocrine Cells

Lecture 11 Sensory Cells

Lecture 12 Cells of Reproductive Organs

Lecture 13 Extreme Cells

Lecture 14 Death and Aging of Cells

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Course Overview

Every human is composed of an amazing assortment of cells and tissues that carry
out myriad functions necessary for sustaining life. In this series of lectures,
Professor John K. Young of the Howard University College of Medicine takes
audiences through the microscope on a fascinating journey of discovery into the
world of cells and tissues, where a complex scheme of activity is taking place all
the time, literally just beneath the surface.

In clear, concise language, Professor Young explains the basic categories of cells
and tissues and then delves into their specialized functions, whether it be for
muscle cells and nervous tissue or the cells of reproductive organs and the highly
unusual entities known as "extreme" cells. Finally, Professor Young wraps up the
lectures with a topic of universal interest-the death and aging of cells.

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Professor John K. Young
Howard University

Biography:

John K. Young is a professor of anatomy at Howard University, where he conducts

research on the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that regulates eating,
drinking, and sexual behavior. In 1998, Professor Young won the Kaiser-Permanente
Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a member of the American Association of
Anatomists, the Endocrine Society, and the Society for Neuroscience.

Professor Young has published more than forty articles in scientific journals
and is the author of the books Hormones: Molecular Messengers and Cells: Amazing
Forms and Functions. Professor Young also coauthored Cell Biology/Histology
Tutorial with R.S. Hakim and Integrated Histology with Alvin Telser and Kate
Baldwin.