FOUNDATIONS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

This course examines the foundational basis of human disease, exploring its mechanisms and models, and its relationship to human physiological mechanisms. The course starts with the basics of pathogenesis, and explores the underlying mechanisms and models of disease which include, infectious agents (viruses, bacteria, and parasites), genetics, inflammation, hypersensitivity and autoimmunity, ecological (physical and chemical) agents, neoplasms, fluid and electrolyte disturbances, malnutrition, General Adaptive Syndrome (stress), and the aging process. The prerequisites of Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II (BIO 240 & BIO 250), along with their labs (BIO 241 & BIO 251), are needed to ensure foundational knowledge in the basics of cellular, histological and systemic anatomy and physiology expanded within this course.