Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic discipline
MED/04 (GENERAL PATHOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
(01/03/2022 - 17/06/2022)
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Prerequisites
Content of courses of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the etiological and pathological basis of diseases.
Course contents
Introduction to General Pathology Study. The state of health. Pathological events. Aetiology and pathogenesis.
Aetiology pathogenic agents: a) Intrinsic to the organism - definition. B) extrinsic to the body (environmental pathology): 1) physical, chemical and biological agents. Cellular Pathology: Necrosis and Apoptosis. Intracellular and extracellular degenerations. Acute and chronic inflammation: definitions, general features and historical facts. Acute inflammation: vascular changes, cellular events, chemical mediators, morphological types, systemic effects and outcomes. Chronic inflammation: definitions, causes, morphological characteristics. The macrophage: activation, accumulation mechanisms, released products. Chronic granulomatous inflammation. Healing processes: resolution, repair and regeneration. Cell growth and differentiation abnormalities. Tumors: Definition and Background. Nomenclature and classification criteria, grading and staging systems. Clinical, biological and morphological malignancy. Neoplastic invasiveness, metastasis, angiogenesis, tumor markers.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
G.M. Pontieri
Elementi di Patologia generale per i corsi di Laurea in professioni sanitarie.
ed. PICCIN
Assessment methods
Written exams
Further information
Written exams
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa