Pathological anatomy has a special position in a row of medical disciplines. On the one hand, pathological anatomy is a theory of medicine, which, revealing the material substrate of the disease, directly serves clinical practice, on the other hand, it is a clinical morphology for diagnosis, giving a material substrate of the theory of medicine - general and private human pathology (Serov V.V. ., 1982).

Pathological anatomy is closely related to anatomy, histology, biology, pathological physiology and in medical universities is an important part of the educational process in training of a highly qualified specialist who is able to formulate and solve problems that are at the junction of several sections of natural science.
 

Total labor input: 7 credits (252 hours)
Classroom hours: 144 hours
Students’ independent work: 108 hours
Semester: 3,4,5
Final control: exam