PT 521 - Pathophysiology II
(3 cr.) This course prepares students to recognize the different characteristics of each system and how they interact within the body. Students become well acquainted with the disease process and how it affects the human body. They learn to recognize signs and symptoms of the disease and are introduced to the treatments and complications of that disease. The course provides a continuation of how the effects of a disease state affect the human person. Diseases of the cardiovascular, pulmonary and integumentary homeostasis mechanism are considered. Students also learn how changes in homeostasis, hemopoietic fluids and electrolytes affect the function of the body. Every Year, Fall
