Lesson V-Principle and Practice of Human Pathology

Course Description

This course offers a comprehensive overview of human pathology with focus on mechanisms of disease and diagnostic medicine.

Topics include:

• Cellular Mechanisms of Illness
• Molecular Pathology
• Pathology of Major Organ Techniques
• Review of Diagnostic Tools from Traditional Surgical Pathology to Diagnostic Spectroscopy
• Practical and Molecular Imaging
• Molecular Diagnostics 

  Lecture Notes

   

  Introduction to Human Pathology and Diagnostic Medicine

   

  Epithelial Structure and Function

   

  The Immune System

   

  Cell Injury, Adaptation and Death

   

  Acute and Chronic Inflammation

   

  Source

   

  Tearney, Gary, and Kamran Badizadegan. HST.035 Principle and Practice of Human Pathology, Spring 2003. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed 31 Jul, 2012). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA