Definition of Pathology. State of health and disease: concept of homeostasis. Etiology and Pathogenesis. Environmental Pathology: Physical causes of disease: radiation, electricity, heat, chemical causes. Genetic pathology. Hereditary transmission of pathological characteristics. Non-hereditary congenital pathology. Chromosomal anomalies: molecular pathology of hereditary diseases. Types of inheritance. Cellular pathology: reversible and irreversible damage, cellular response to damage. Cellular adaptation. Atrophy. Hypertrophy. Hyperplasia. Metaplasia. Dysplasia. Necrosis and Apoptosis. Cellular degenerations. Fundamentals of immunology and immunopathology. Inflammation: definition and general characteristics of acute inflammation and chronic inflammation. Pathophysiology of thermoregulation: fever. Definition of tumor and general characteristics of benign and malignant neoplasms. Molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis.

Students must have passed the basic exams and possess basic knowledge of cellular and molecular biology.

Any other support material provided by the teacher.

Compulsory attendance lectures. Students have to attend at least 67% of lectures to take the exam.

Oral exam.

Interactive face to face lectures supported by power point presentations.