SCIENZE DELLA PATOLOGIA UMANA

Learning Objectives

• General Pathology

  Know the causes of illness and their different nature: chemical, physical, biological (Etiology); know the different ways in which these causes bring damage to the organism (Pathogenesis); identify the organism's own defense mechanisms by studying the physiology of the Immune system and its functioning anomalies (Immunology and Immunopathology). The course will develop from the molecular level to higher grades of organization (cell, tissue, organ, apparatus, organism)

Course Structure

• General Pathology

  Frontal lesson

  Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Detailed Course Content

• General Pathology
  • Introduction General Pathology
  • Genetic diseases
  • Environmental pathology
  • Cellular pathology: cellular adaptations (hyperplasia, hypertrophy, atrophy, metaplasia, dysplasia), apoptosis, necrosis
  • Regeneration, repair and healing
  • Inflammation: acute, chronic, inflammatory mediators
  • Fever and alterations of the temperature
  • Tumors
  • Alteration of acid basic balance
  • Aterosclerosis
  • Amiloidosis

Textbook Information

• General Pathology
  • Elementi di patologia generale per corsi di laurea in professioni sanitarie, Giovanni M. Pontieri – Piccin
  • Elementi di fisiopatologia generale. GM Pontieri - Ed. Piccin