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ALTERATIONS OF CELLULAR HOMEOSTASIS -Definition of homeostasis – Cellular adaptations - reversible and irreversible cell damage (necrosis and apoptosis). Degeneration with intracellular and extracellular accumulation of substances – GENERAL AETIOLOGY - Hereditary Diseases - Congenital malformations - Causes of environmental and occupational diseases - Diseases caused by iatrogenic causes and drugs - Pathology from ethanol - Nutritional Diseases - INFLAMMATION - Inflammation as a defense mechanism - Acute inflammation - Types of acute inflammation - systemic response - Chronic inflammation - TISSUE REPAIR- Cell growth and differentiation - Regeneration and connectival reintegration - Wound healing and pathological aspects - METABOLIC DISEASES- Diabetes mellitus - Gout - Metabolic syndrome - ATHEROSCLEROSIS - Epidemiology - Classification of injuries and Pathogenesis - Prevention - CANCER - Definition of neoplasia - Characteristics of benign and malignant neoplasms - classification and grading of tumors – Cancer aetiology:, physical, chemical and viral agents - The molecular basis of cancer - Biology of tumor growth: invasiveness and metastasis - Relations between tumor and host - Elements of cancer epidemiology - Immunology - Cells of the immune response - natural and specific immunity- Hypersensitivity - Autoimmunity.