Cellular and tissue level of organization.
Definition and scope of anatomy
Physiology and pathophysiology.
Levels of structural organization and body systems
Basic life processes
Homeostasis
Basic anatomical terminologies.
Structure and functions of cell
Transport across cell membrane
Cell division
Cell junctions.
General principles of cell communication
Forms of intracellular signalling-
a) Contact-dependent, b) Paracrine, c) Synaptic, d) Endocrine Classification of tissues, structure, location and functions of epithelial, muscular and nervous and connective tissues.
Basic principles of cell injury and adaptation
Components and types of feedback systems, causes of cellular injury, pathogenesis (cell membrane damage, mitochondrial damage, ribosome damage and nuclear damage), morphology of cell injury – adaptive changes (atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, metaplasia, dysplasia), cell swelling, intra cellular accumulation and cell death.
Definitions of commonly used relevant medical terminologies.