Systems include musculoskeletal, circulatory, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, nervous and excretory. This is an independent computer assisted course used to reinforce the advancing language of medical and biological sciences and technology. Designed to master the body of knowledge essential to health care professional practice and to communicate effectively with colleagues in various disciplines. This is an advanced course in immunology that includes lectures in the function and interaction of the cells of the immune system, cytokine secretion and function, and the generation of humoral and cellular immune responses. This course instructs the student in the basic principles of embryology as a basis for understanding normal human development and clinical pathologies that are developmental in origin.
Emphasis is placed on the development of the nervous, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems.
A discussion of teratogens and congenital malformations is included. The course is designed to provide practical experience in laboratory diagnosis in bacteriology, parasitology, mycology and virology. This is the medical school core course in pathology. Organ systems covered include hemopoietic, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems. Organ systems covered include renal-urinary, gastrointestinal systems, and male genitalia.