VTMED 5300

Function and Dysfunction: Part I (Foundation Course IIIa)

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

Designed to develop students' understanding of how an animal maintains itself as a functional organism; how the maintenance of function is achieved through the integration of different organ systems; how tissue structure relates to tissue function; how injury alters structure and leads to dysfunction, manifested as clinical signs; how organ function can be assessed; and how organ function can be modulated pharmacologically. The course incorporates aspects of physiology, biochemistry, cell biology, histology, pathology and histopathology, clinical pathology, and pharmacology.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: VTMED 5200.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: first-year veterinary students.

Fees Course fee: course guide.

When Offered Spring.

Comments Live animals used on limited basis for demonstration of noninvasive procedures.

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