300889 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology, Experimental Pathology
Document Summary
Pathology is the scientific study of disease: beginnings in examination of tissues, gross pathology cellular pathology molecular pathology, board modern perspective, not limited to diagnostic pathology. Experimental pathology is the observation of the effects of manipulations on experimental systems such as animal models of disease or cell cultures. Advances in cell culture reduce the need for animal models but it is difficult to mimic in cell cultures the physiological milieu that prevails in the intact human body. Histopathology -the investigation and diagnosis of disease from the examination of tissues. Cytopathology - the investigation and diagnosis of disease from the examination of isolated cells. Hematology - the study of disorders of the cellular and coagulable components of blood. Microbiology - the study of infectious diseases and the organisms responsible for them. Immunology the study of the specific defense mechanisms of the body. Chemical pathology the study and diagnosis of disease from the chemical changes in tissues and fluid.
