BIO 523 Graduate Pathophysiology
Terminology and mechanisms (biochemical, cytological and histological) common to many diseases, including such topics as causes and types of cell injury and death, inflammation and healing, infection, the immune response, disorders of growth (including cancer), edema, fever and hypothermia, hemorrhage and shock, effects of ionizing radiation, and disorders of circulation. Topics covered include cardiovascular, blood, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, liver, exocrine pancreatic, renal, reproductive, immunologic, rheumatologic, endocrine, nervous system, infectious, and hematologic disease processes, as well as neoplasia.