Pathophysiology

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of common disorders for each major body system, from a biomedical perspective. The focus of organ systems physiology is designed to integrate advanced physiology with pathophysiology and clinical implications across the life span. This course incorporates organ systems function and dysfunction, from cellular to integrated organ levels, including the genetic basis of disease. An understanding of alterations in biological processes that affect the body’s dynamic equilibrium or homeostasis will be discussed, allowing students to differentiate abnormal physiologic functions that result in illness.