OPT 6317 Organ Pathology

Three and a half hours of lecture per week. A comprehensive study of organ systems and their pathophysiology and co-morbidities. Integration of basic sciences of anatomy, biochemistry and physiology with those of clinical symptoms and signs in disease states. Vascular flow and shock. Genetic disease and disorders of the immune system. Neoplastic disease processes. Pathologic, etiology, clinical correlation and prognosis of systemic pathology of organ systems of the body to include the following systems: Cardiovascular, respiratory, hematologic, gastrointestinal, urinary, endocrine, integumentary, musculoskeletal, nervous, and reproductive. A clinical approach to general and specific disease processes, diagnoses, treatments, and prognoses. Ocular manifestations of systemic disease.

Credits

3.5

Offered

Fall