Chapter 4 Gastrointestinal System Common diseases of the esophagus, the stomach, and the small and large intestines include functional disorders, inflammation, infections, and tumors. Diseases of the Esophagus Esophageal diseases…
Chapter 11 Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissues The skeletal system provides structural support and protection to the human body and its internal organs, serves as primary home for blood-forming tissues,…
Chapter 10 Hematopoietic and Lymphatic Tissues Cells of the hematopoietic and lymphatic tissues serve vital functions of host defense, internal homeostasis, and bodily intactness. They all originate from the same…
Chapter 5 Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas The liver maintains the physiologic and metabolic balance of the body. Therefore, disease of the liver may have numerous effects throughout the body: it…
Chapter 12 Endocrine System The endocrine system consists of a number of organized glands, groups of cells, and dispersed solitary cells that control the functional balance of internal organs by…
Chapter 3 Respiratory System Five major disease categories are presented in this chapter: obstructive and restrictive disorders of gas exchange, vascular diseases of the lung, infectious and inflammatory diseases, and…
Chapter 7 Diseases of the Male Reproductive System The male reproductive system develops in close relation with the urinary tract, and the two are usually thought of as the urogenital…
Chapter 9 Integumentary System (Skin) The usual classification of skin diseases differs slightly from the terminology used in general pathology: both the gross appearance of lesions and, at least in…
Chapter 1 General Reaction Patterns Pathologic anatomy, gross and microscopic, is the science of identifying and interpreting morphologic patterns and relating them to the physiologic and pathologic functions of a…
(4.1) Clearly, this model is limited by the size of the data set used. Nevertheless, this model is significant and interesting as it introduces nonlinearity (as log K ow2) into…
