RAD1082 - Radiologic biology 2

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Describe the basic principles of pathology in respect to cell response to stress, inflammation, infection, neoplasia, environmental & nutritional influences and multifocal patterns;
2. Apply knowledge of pathology to specific respiratory diseases and identify normal and abnormal imaging of the respiratory system;
3. Apply knowledge of pathology to specific musculoskeletal diseases and identify normal and abnormal imaging of the musculoskeletal system;
4. Describe basic principles of embryology and apply this knowledge to examples of congenital pathology;
5. Describe the anatomy of the thorax and vertebral column and apply this knowledge to identifying these bones on radiographic images;
6. Describe the physiology of respiration and the nervous system.