Description:
This course emphasizes the fundamental concepts of disease
processes in the tissues with emphasis upon molecular and chemical substrates
of tissue insult and trauma. The course
examines cellular adaptation to injury, degeneration and necroses, inflammatory
mechanisms, healing and repair. Topics
covered include fluid and hemodynamic derangement, nutritional disorders,
genetic and developmental diseases, immunopathology and neoplasia. Particular focus is upon interactive effects
of environment and genotype in the determination of pathologic predisposition
and expressions. Laboratory exercise using clinic case models complement and
supplement lecture topics.
PREREQUISITES: Cellular and Cardiovascular Physiology, Immunology,
General Microbiology
Course Syllabus