AHEA 116 - Body Systems and Disease

3 Credit (3 lecture, 0 lab, 0 clinical) 3 Contact Hours [Reading Level 3 and Writing Level 3 and Math Level 2 ]

This course is designed for medical assistant and other allied health students. It is a one semester, non-laboratory based course that provides an introduction to each system of the human body and the pathologic conditions associated with each system. The fundamentals of body structure and function, basic mechanisms and concepts of disease and terminology, and laboratory tests related to the systems and disease processes are examined.
OFFERED: fall and spring semesters

Course Goals; Objectives; Competencies
Goal 1: Identify the structures of various systems of the human body.

Goal 2: Describe the functions of various systems of the human body.

Goal 3: Describe the basic mechanisms and concepts of disease.

Goal 4: Identify the relevant medical terminology associated with each body system and disease process.

Goal 5: Relate relevant laboratory tests to each disease process.