I. General Pathology a. Definition II. Homeostasis a. Definition III. Cellular Adaptation to Stress a. Hyperplasia b. Hypertrophy c. Artrophy d. Metaplasia e. Dysplasia IV. Hallmarks or Reversible Cell Injury V. Hallmarks of Irreversible Cell Injury VI. Main Types of Cell Death a. Apoptosis i. Steps of Apoptosis ii. Pathways ofApoptosis b. Necrosis i. Types VII. Definition of Terms: a. Iatorgenic b. Idiopathic i. Types c. Stenosis d. Sclerosis VIII. Characteristics Of Inflammation a. Complete BloodCount b. Acute Inflammation c. Chronic Inflammation IX. Types of Calcification
1. a. Hematopoietic tissues & Their function b. Bone marrow & progenitor cells c. Hgb synthesis, structure and functions d. RBC & erythropoiesis 2. Coagulation disorders a. WBC maturation, Functions b. Platelet; platelet pathophysiology c. Fibrinogen disease d. DIC e. Hemophilia f. Von Willebrands Disease 3. RBC disorders a. Polycythemia b. Anemias: thalassemia, IDA, aplastic, anemia of chronic disease c. Heme disorders d. Hemoglobinopathies 4. Quantitative changes in blood leukocytes a. Inc./dec. WBC b. Neoplastic leukocyte disorders c. Leukemias: AML & CML,ALL & CLL d. Myeloproliferative disorders 5. Transfusion Medicine: Blood group systems a. Donor processing b. Blood transfusion c. Blood components & component therapy d. Compatibility testing e. Transfusion reactions
Microbiology
1. Introduction to Medical microbiology 2. Bacterial Taxonomy, Morphology and ultrastructure 3. Microbial nutrition, metabolism and Genetics 4. Sterilization and Disinfection 5. Chemotherapeutic agents 6. Gram-Positive cocci 7. Gram-Positive bacilli (spore forming) 8. Gram-Positive (non spore forming) 9. Gram-negative cocci 10. Gram-negative cocci (zoonotic) 11. Gram-negative enterics 12. Acid fast bacteria and spirals 13. Intermediate organisms