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ME 6793: Systems Pathophysiology
Offered Every Fall
| Credit Hours: |
3-0-3 |
| Prerequisites: |
Graduate standing in engineering or a related discipline. |
| Catalog Description: |
Overview of human pathophysiology from a quantitative perspective. Emphasis on systems of interest to bioengineering faculty. A brief introduction to quantitative models for biological systems. Crosslisted with BMED, CHE, and ECE 6793. |
| Textbooks: |
Sue E. Huether and Kathryn L. McCance; Understanding Pathophysiology, 2nd Edition, Elsevier Science, 2003. |
| Instructors: |
Robert Guldberg, David Ku, invited lecturers |
| Goals: |
Prepare students for graduate education in bioengineering by providing them with the rudiments of human physiology and pathology. Also provide a brief introduction to the method by which engineering principles are applied to biological systems for the purposes of understanding and predicting pathophysiology. |
| Topics: |
- Cardiovascular System Pathophysiology
- overall structure
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Microscopic anatomy of arteries and veins
- pathology
- Atherosclerosis
- Congenital disease
- Hypertension
- Valvular disease
- Intimal Hyperplasia
- Thrombosis
- treatment
- Diagnostic Techniques
- Therapy
- Blood
- components
- what it's for
- immunity
- nutrients
- waste removal
- tissue repair
- pathology
- leukemia
- cycle cell anemia
- Neural System
- overall structure
- electrically active cells
- information processing
- motor functions
- CNS/PNS
- autonomic/voluntary
- sympathetic/parasympathetic
- Bones, tendons, ligaments, and muscles
- overall structure and physiology
- muscle-bone interaction
- pathology
- Renal
- components
- what it's for
- blood pressure
- waste excretion
- pathology
- obstructive uropathy
- nephropathy
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