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What is Human Pathology?

What does it mean? Pathology is the study and analysis of 'diseases'. In layman's terms, these are ailments or health problems. Medically, disease refers to the alteration of 'structure' (anatomy) or/and function (physiology) of the human body. It is like a combination of changes in the human body caused by specific factors. This could simply mean an abnormal change e.g. growth or an abnormal function e.g. high blood pressure. The correlation of these is considered pathological and pathology is the study of these changes. There's more to pathology than this. Check out the following! Histo-pathology refers to changes seen under the microscope. Cytology refers to the study of individual cells in order to determine the abnormality. A disease is not just any disease. Look around you, read the papers. You may observe that there can be so many causes that bring about a certain condition or ailment: Physical Trauma e.g.: motor vehicle accidents, radiat...

What is Human Pathology?

What does it mean? Pathology is the study and analysis of 'diseases'. In layman's terms, these are ailments or health problems. Medically, disease refers to the alteration of 'structure' (anatomy) or/and function (physiology) of the human body. It is like a combination of changes in the human body caused by specific factors. This could simply mean an abnormal change e.g. growth or an abnormal function e.g. high blood pressure. The correlation of these is considered pathological and pathology is the study of these changes. There's more to pathology than this. Check out the following! Histo-pathology refers to changes seen under the microscope. Cytology refers to the study of individual cells in order to determine the abnormality. A disease is not just any disease. Look around you, read the papers. You may observe that there can be so many causes that bring about a certain condition or ailment: Physical Trauma e.g.: motor vehicle accidents, radiation. C...