Pathology for the Health Sciences http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Pathology-for-Health-Sciences-Nicholas-J-Vardaxis/9780443053245?cf=3

By Nicholas J. Vardaxis

Table of Contents

PART I GENERAL PATHOLOGY SECTION I INTRODUCTION to the STUDY of DISEASE: History of Pathology. Nature of Disease and Aetiology. Introduction to Key Terms in Pathology. Revision Questions. Further Reading SECTION IIINJURY and the RESPONSE of the BODY to INJURY: Cellular Response to Injury. Inflammation. Wound Healing. Tissue Repair. Bone Fracture Healing. Tissue Regeneration. Review of the Body's Response to Injury. Chronic Inflammation. Revision Questions and Case Studies. Further Reading SECTION III FLUID DISTURBANCES, BLOOD and VASCULAR DISORDERS: Oedema. Haemostasis and Haemorrhage. Shock. Thrombosis. Embolism. Infarction. Hypertension. Arteriosclerosis. Blood Lipids. Revision Questions and Case Studies. Further Reading SECTION IV GROWTH and DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS: Variations in Cell Growth. Neoplasia. Spread of Malignant Neoplasms /Carcinogenesis. Overview Ofmalignant Disease. Laboratory Investigations of Malignant Disease. Predisposing Factors to Diseases of Ageing. Revision Questions and Case Studies. Further Reading SECTION V IMMUNOPATHOLOGY: The Normal Immune System. The Nature of the Immune Response. Immune Deficiency States. Autoimmunity. Autoimmune Disease. Revision Questions and Case Studies General Pathology Test PART 2 SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY. SECTION HEADINGS ONLY SECTION VI CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION VII RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION VIII GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION IX HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM and PANCREATIC DISORDERS SECTION X URINARY SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION XI MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION XII FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISORDERS SECION XIII CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION XIV MUSCULAR SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION XV SKELETAL SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION XVI INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION XVII HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS SECTION XVIII ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISORDERS SECTION XIX EYE and EAR DISORDERS Systemic Pathology Test /Appendices. Glossary of Terms . Index