Pathology 3240A Lecture Notes - Heart Murmur, Respiratory Disease, Lung Cancer
20 Oct 2013
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The study of structural changes in cells tissue and organs that underlie disease. Both look at tissue and diagnose disease. Clinical support: guidance in treatment (eg. staging of cancer) Autopsy: determination of cause of death; forensic autopsies (medical & legal factors) Research: experimental pathology; mechanisms, complications & sequelae of disease; models of disease (animal or human tissue) techniques of pathology. Electron microscopy see cell structure, sub parts. Molecular pathology the definition and causes of disease. Disease: the pattern of response of living rganisms to injury (cellular. The cause of disease: hepatic cirrhosis can be caused by, there are a number of etiologies, like the heptits virus, alcohol can cause it, storage disorders. When you think etiology you have to think what thing has happened to cause. If someone has head trauma, the etiology could be a motor accident the injury. Patient tells you about a pain theyre having. Subjective evidence of disease, i. e what the patient tells you.
