TV5110 - General Pathology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences |
Available to graduate students with a degree in Veterinary Science (other appropriately trained graduates may enrol at the discretion of the Director of the Australian Institute of Tropical Veterinary and Animal Science).
Mechanisms of disease processes are addressed. Thus, the general principles of pathobiology are covered with particular reference to the different causes and mechanisms of disease.
Learning Outcomes
- appreciate the cellular level the difference between cell degeneration and death, and adaption of cells to an altered extracellular environment;
- describe in general terms the procedures routinely used in diagnostic pathology;
- describe the cellular changes that occur in such states as genetic disorders, inflammation, immunopathology and neoplasia;
- understand how cells respond to injury of diverse type.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Knowledge of normal histology and physiology |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PP5151 PP3151 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Linda Johnson |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (40%); assignments (10%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.