1. IVMS BMS GENERAL PRINCIPLES USMLE WEB MAPS
COMPONENT II: CELLULAR BIOLOGY with emphasis on
structure and function of organelles, adaptive mechanisms
and apoptosis.
2.1 Signal transduction: second messenger systems - voltage- and ligand-gated channels and
receptors
Mechanisms of Single Transduction
2.2 Cell components (eg, endoplasmic reticulum, plasma membrane, nucleus, ribosomes)
UTMB- Illustrated Cell Biology Topics
Cellular and Molecular Processes-Comprehensive Map
Tutorial on Biological Membranes
2.3 Cytoskeleton (including cell movement and intracellular transport)
Cytoskeleton Tutorial
2.4 Secretion and exocytosis, endocytosis, transcytosis
Eukaryote vs Prokaryote
Secretion, Endocytosis and Exocytosis.ppt
2.5 Cell cycle: mitosis, meiosis, structure and regulation of spindle apparatus, control points
Mitosis: Labeled Diagram
Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial
Cell Division and Genetic Consequences
Meiosis Tutorial
IVMS BMS GENERAL PRINCIPLES USMLE WEB MAPS
COMPONENT II: CELLULAR BIOLOGY

2. 2.6 Epithelial cells (including surface specialization, intercellular junctions, gap junctions, and
desmosomes)
Tissues /e-Histology. Net
Membrane Structure and Function: Cell Junction Proteins
Cells gap junctions, tight junctions and desmosomes (Slides 37-48)
Junctions Between Cells
2.7 Fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and mesenchymal cells: basement membrane, extracellular
matrix, proteoglycans, fibronectins, adhesion molecules, annexins
Cytology and Histology of Connective Tissue
2.8 Muscle cells (cardiac, smooth, skeletal): structure and regulation of contractile elements,
excitation-contraction coupling
Cardiac and Smooth Muscle
Muscle Mechanism of Contraction and Neural Control
Muscle Physiology and Design. Illus. notes
2.9 Adaptive mechanism: cell response to injury (eg, hypertrophy, metaplasia)
The Immune Response to Burn Injury
Hypertrophy, heart, gross
Cell Injury Illustrated Lecture Notes
2.10 Mechanisms of cell injury and necrosis (including free radical mediated cell injury)
Cell Injury and Adaptation Mechanisms
Inflammation
2.11 Apoptosis (programmed cell death)
Apoptosis.html notes
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IVMS BMS GENERAL PRINCIPLES USMLE WEB MAPS
COMPONENT II: CELLULAR BIOLOGY