VTMED 5300 - Function and Dysfunction: Part I (Foundation Course IIIa)

Spring. 9 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: VTMED 5200. Enrollment limited to: first- year veterinary students. Live animals used on limited basis for demonstration of noninvasive procedures. Cost of materials: $15.

K. Lyboldt, Staff.

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.