COURSE TOPICS  ( Lecture Overheads)

     CNS     

          Normal Cells and Reaction to Injury
          Edema, Herniation, and Hydrocephalus
          Vascular Diseases
          Central Nervous System Trauma
          Congenital Malformations and Perinatal Brain Injury
          Infections of the Nervous System
          Neoplasms of the Central Nervous System
          Primary Diseases of Myelin
          Degenerative Diseases
          Inborn Errors of Metabolism
          Acquired Metabolic and Toxic Disturbances
          
     PNS     

          Normal Structure and General Reactions of Motor Unit
          Inflammatory Neuropathies
          Hereditary Neuropathies
          Acquired Metabolic and Toxic Neuropathies
          Traumatic Neuropathies
          Peripheral Nerve Tumors

     Skeletal Muscle     

          Muscle Atrophy
          Myasthenia Gravis
          Inflammatory Myopathies
          Muscular Dystrophies
          Soft Tissue Tumors
          

     Skeletal System     

          Congenital and Hereditary Diseases of Bone
          Osteoporosis and Acquired Metabolic Diseases
          Osteomyelitis
          Paget's Disease
          Bone Tumors
          
     Joints     

          Osteoarthritis
          Rheumatoid Arthritis
          Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
          Infectious Arthritis
          Crystal Arthropathies
          Systemic Lupus Erythematosus/Progressive Systemic Sclerosis

     Blood Vessels     

          Arteriosclerosis
          Atherosclerosis
          Hypertension and Arteriolosclerosis
          Vasculitis
          Aneurysms
          Veins and Lymphatics
          Tumors

     Heart     

          Effects of Aging
          Heart Failure
          Ischemic Heart Disease
          Hypertensive Heart Disease
          Cor Pulmonale
          Valvular Heart Disease
          Primary Myocardial Disease
          Congenital Heart Disease
          Pericardial Disease
          Cardiac Tumors


     Respiratory System     

          Atelectasis
          Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
          Restrictive Disease
          Vascular Lung Disease
          Pulmonary Infections
          Tumors
          Pleura
          Upper Respiratory Tract Lesions

     Gastrointestinal Tract     

          Esophagus
               Congenital anomalies
               Motor Dysfunction
               Varices
               Esophagitis  
               Tumors
          Stomach
               Congenital anomalies
               Gastritis
               Gastric ulceration
               Tumors
          Intestines
               Congenital anomalies
               Vascular disorders
               Malabsorption
               Idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease
               Diverticulosis
               Bowel obstruction
               Tumors