What is included with this book?
About This Book | p. v |
Dedication | p. ix |
Acknowledgements | p. x |
Introduction to Veterinary Pathology | p. 1 |
What is pathology? | p. 2 |
Who 'does' pathology? | p. 3 |
Pathology as an academic subject | p. 9 |
Aetiology | p. 11 |
Introduction | p. 12 |
Aetiology - the study of the causes of disease | p. 13 |
Cell Injury | p. 23 |
Lesions - structural and functional changes | p. 24 |
Definitions of cell response or injury following harmful stimulus | p. 24 |
Cellular degeneration | p. 26 |
Cell death - necrosis | p. 30 |
Extracellular changes | p. 35 |
Inflammation | p. 41 |
What is inflammation? | p. 42 |
Acute inflammation | p. 43 |
Chronic inflammation | p. 55 |
Pathology and the Immune System | p. 65 |
The normal immune system | p. 66 |
Diseases of the immune system | p. 84 |
Tissue Repair | p. 97 |
Definition of tissue repair or healing | p. 98 |
Tissue repair - general and specific examples | p. 103 |
Healing in various tissues | p. 108 |
Healing regulation and control | p. 109 |
What can impair, prevent or alter healing? | p. 109 |
Circulatory Disorders | p. 113 |
The normal circulatory system | p. 114 |
Oedema | p. 122 |
Impaired blood supply to tissues | p. 127 |
Clotting (coagulation) of blood | p. 132 |
Shock | p. 145 |
Disorders of Cell/Tissue Growth | p. 153 |
Atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia and metaplasia | p. 154 |
Neoplasia | p. 157 |
Glossary | p. 189 |
Answers to Test Yourself Questions | p. 215 |
Further Reading | p. 237 |
Index | p. 239 |
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