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Pathology is the branch of medical science concerned with the scientific study of health and its manifestation.
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The term 'Pathos' is derived from the Greek word for 'study'.
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Systemic pathology covers the basic mechanisms of diseases.
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Histopathology is a discipline concerned with the study of the structural and functional changes in cells, tissues and organs in living organisms.
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Histopathology is subdivided into Epidemiological, Clinical, and Forensic categories.
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The course title 'Introduction to Histopathology' has a course code of ANA 404.
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Histos is Greek for suffering.
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The first compound microscope was constructed in 1673.
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The first microtome was constructed in 1885.
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Formalin was first used as a fixative in 1848.
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Paraffin wax was introduced in the 1950s.
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Automated tissue processors were first used in the 1951.
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The aetiology of a disease refers to the mechanism through which the cause of disease operates to produce the pathological and clinical manifestations.
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Idiopathic aetiology is a type of disease with a known cause.
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Genetic and acquired are two types of morphologic changes in cells or tissues.
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Pathogenesis leads to functional alterations in the organ.
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Polycystic kidney disease is an example of a morphologic change in the liver.
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Understanding the aetiology, pathogenesis, and morphologic changes of a disease helps to understand the treatment options of the disease.
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Recovery without intervention can occur at any stage of the disease progression.
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The disease can only follow one trend after clinical onset.
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Clinical death is irreversible.
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A patient with a pulse is considered clinically dead.
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Cut in blood circulation causes skin to turn pale.
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Resuscitation can never lead to recovery from clinical death.
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Cytopathology is used to diagnose diseases.
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Autopsy is a technique used to diagnose diseases in living patients.
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Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) obtains cells by shedding them spontaneously into body fluids or secretions.
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Cytogenetics is a technique used to diagnose diseases.
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Exfoliative Cytology is a type of FNAC.
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Cytopathology is a more expensive and time-consuming technique compared to histopathology.
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