General Pathology (GPAL-601) (O&O): Course Content

COURSE CONTENTS

•  Pathology – Definition, various fields of pathology, importance and uses of pathology and its various subspecialties
•  Inflammation - Pathogenesis and significance
•  Causes of inflammation
•  Acute inflammation - Cardinal signs, gross and histologic appearance, possible outcomes
•  Healing- definition, significance and factors responsible
•  Regeneration - definition, significance, ongoing scientific research
•  Edema- definition, types and causes
•  Embolism- definition, causes and effect on tissue
•  Shock - Causes, Types, Effects on human body, Clinical sign and symptoms, Basic principles of management.
•  Adaptive Structural Changes: Types and causes of adaptation
•  Hyperplasia- definition, causes, types and examples
•  Metaplasia- definition, pathogenesis and significance
•  Anaplasia- definition

•  Genetics - Important function of genes, Mutation and its causes
•  Metabolic Disorders
•  Cell injury - Pathogenesis and etiology of cell injury,
•  Reversible and irreversible cell injury, Possible outcomes of cell injury
•  Three lines of defense in human body
•  Chronic inflammation - Gross and histologic appearance, possible outcomes, Comparison
•  Scarring- definition, significance and factors responsible 
•  Ischemia- definition, causes and effect on tissue
•  Thrombosis- definition, causes and effect on tissue
•  Infarction- definition, causes and effect on tissue
•  Cell death: Necrosis and apoptosis- description and differentiating points
•  Hypertrophy- definition, causes, types and examples
•  Atrophy- definition and cause and examples
•  Dysplasia- definition, pathogenesis and significance
•  Neoplasia: pathogenesis, Types with examples - benign and malignant
•  Overview of common genetic disorders and role of counseling
•  Disorders of Circulation