General Pathology for Veterinary Nurses

Acknowledgements.

1 Introduction to Veterinary Pathology.

What is pathology?

Who ‘does’ pathology?

Pathology as an academic subject.

2 Aetiology.

Introduction.

Aetiology – the study of the causes of disease

3 Cell Injury.

Lesions – structural and functional changes.

Definitions of cell response or injury followingharmful stimulus.

Cellular degeneration.

Necrosis.

Extracellular changes.

4 Inflammation.

What is inflammation?

Nomenclature.

5 Pathology and the Immune System.

The normal immune system.

Diseases of the immune system.

6 Tissue Repair.

Definition of tissue repair or healing.

Tissue repair – general and specific examples.

Healing in various tissues.

Healing regulation and control.

What can impair, prevent or alter healing?

7 Circulatory Disorders.

Special note regarding capillaries.

How does interstitial fluid gather in the tissues?

Oedema.

Impaired blood supply to tissues.

Clotting (coagulation) of blood.

Shock.

8 Disorders of Cell/Tissue Growth.

Atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia and metaplasia.

Neoplasia.

Glossary.

Answers to Test Yourself Questions.

Further Reading.

Index.