| 1 | Explain the basic concepts about heart and vessels (arteries, veins and lymph vessels), |
| 2 | Describe the anatomical structure of the heart and show these structures on cadavers and models, |
| 3 | Explain the distribution of the arteries, venules and lymphatic vessels in the body and name them, |
| 4 | Learn the anatomical structure of the chest wall; its nourishment, veins and nerves and name them, |
| 5 | Learn the importance of possible variations in the circulatory system, |
| 6 | Explain the general histological structure of the artery, vein and lymph vessels and list their different types, |
| 7 | Explain the histopathology of the heart, recognize the histology of the heart valves and walls under the microscope, |
| 8 | Explain the embryological development of blood vessels and the heart, |
| 9 | Explain fetal blood circulation, |
| 10 | Understand the importance of congenital anomalies of the heart and large vessels, |
| 11 | Learn the histology of lymphoid tissues |
| 12 | Explain the stages of blood production and its sites, production of erythrocytes, granulocytes and platelets and their properties, |
| 13 | Describe the electrical and mechanical processes that occur during the contraction of the heart and the control mechanisms, |
| 14 | Understand the electrical basis of electrocardiography and its evaluation principles, |
| 15 | Explain the dynamics of the circulatory system, blood pressure and its regulation process, |
| 16 | Understand the importance of physiopathological changes that can occur in the cardiovascular system, |
| 17 | Define the composition and basic biochemical properties of the blood plasma, as well as the structure and biochemical properties of blood cells and their metabolic activities, |
| 18 | Understand the structure, classification, functions, biochemical properties of blood proteins, |
| 19 | Understand the relationship between blood proteins and diseases, interpret the changes in protein levels in terms of clinical significance and explain its importance for the body, |
| 20 | Define lipoproteins, describe types of both lipoproteins and apolipoproteins, as well as the steps of their synthesis and degradation, |
| 21 | Learn the significance of lipoproteins for the body, clinical interpretation, understand and interpret the relationship between the etiopathogenesis of diseases and lipoprotein biochemistry, |
| 22 | Understand the structures of myoglobin and hemoglobin, explain their synthesis and functions, as well as their importance in metabolic activities, |
| 23 | Explain the synthesis and the breakdown (bilirubin metabolism) of the hemoglobin, impaired synthesis of porphyrins, which is a disorder called porphyria and bilirubin metabolism disorders, |
| 24 | Classify hyperbilirubinemia types and understand their clinical and biochemical significance, |
| 25 | Explain what properties an enzyme must have and how to use them in diagnosis, |
| 26 | Classify the enzymes in the blood, |
| 27 | Understand the factors that affect the rate in which the enzymes are secreted from the cells and cleared from circulation, |
| 28 | Define from which tissue the enzymes that are present in the plasma are secreted from and the diseases that are correlated with the change in their activities; thus their clinical significance, |
| 29 | Learn the physiological factors affecting blood enzyme levels and understand the methods for analyzing the enzymes that are clinically important, |
| 30 | List the basic physiological electrolytes, |
| 31 | Explain the physiological functions of ions (both cations and anions) in the body, explain the reference ranges of each of them for a healthy individual and explain the methods for measurement, |
| 32 | Learn the causes of abnormalities in electrolyte levels and understand which disease this might result in, |
| 33 | Identify and isolate the causative mycoses, yeasts, and molds and recognize them under the microscope, |
| 34 | List the properties, structures and types of antigens, |
| 35 | Explain the lymphoid organs and the cells involved in the immune system as well as the activation of these cells, |
| 36 | Explain the relationship between microorganisms and their host cells, |
| 37 | List the humoral and cellular types of immune response against infectious agents, |
| 38 | Explain the structures and types of immunoglobulins, |
| 39 | Interpret the cells involved in hypersensitivity reactions, mediators that are released in hypersensitivity reactions and the mechanism of release, |
| 40 | Explain the serological methods that use in vitro antigen-antibody binding reactions, |
| 41 | Count the elements that constitute native immunity, |
| 42 | Recognize the immune system organs and cells and explain their working mechanisms, |
| 43 | Describe the mechanism of antigen presentation, |
| 44 | Describe how the discrimination between self-nonself occurs in the human body, |
| 45 | Describe cellular and humoral immunity, |
| 46 | Describe and exemplify active and passive immunity, |
| 47 | Group the hypersensitivity reactions, |
| 48 | Have general knowledge of immunoglobulins and their diversity, |
| 49 | Define the physiological properties of the heart (batmotrop, dromotrop, inotrop, lucitrop, chronotrop) and descibe the electrical and mechanical processes of the heart, |
| 50 | Describe the electrophysiological properties of the hearth and its cellular and molecular activities, |
| 51 | Explain the effect of cardiovascular reflexes on cardiac function, list all the necessary information for taking ECG and obtain data, |
| 52 | Intepret the easily accessible information such as pulse rhythm from ECG channel, |
| 53 | Give information about cardiac dynamics in resting and exercise, |
| 54 | Understand the metabolic response myocardium gives for different stimulus, |
| 55 | Have knowledge of the sounds of the heart and their sources, perform cardiac auscultation from heart sound centers, |
| 56 | Define terms such as Tachycardia, Tachyarrhythmia, Bradycardia, Bradiaritmia, Flutter, Fibrillation, Extrasystole, idioventricular rhythm |
| 57 | List the effector mechanisms of the immune system, |
| 58 | Explain the cytokines and chemokines, |
| 59 | Explain the differentiation of T-cells, |
| 60 | Explain antigen presentation and its relation to MHCs. |