This course reviews normal cellular bioenergetics and defense mechanisms that contribute to homeostasis and functional movement. Disruptions to homeostasis which affect movement are introduced including trauma, degeneration, inflection, neoplasia, and developmental defects. This course emphasizes normal and pathological processes that affect digestion, elimination, circulation, and respiration, and provide an introduction to the measurement of vital signs. Selected pathologies that adversely affect these physiological systems are also introduced.

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