HST.021
Musculoskeletal Pathophysiology
Growth and development of normal bone and joints, the biophysics of bone and response to stress and fracture, calcium and phosphate homeostasis and regulation by parathyroid hormone and vitamin D, and the pathogenesis of metabolic bone diseases and disease of connective tissue, joints, and muscles, with consideration of possible mechanisms and underlying metabolic derangements. Only HST students may register under HST.020 , graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited; restricted to medical and graduate students.
January IAP 2006
Topics
- Bone Growth and Development (1 hr.) - Dr. Schiller
- Infections of Bone/Metabolic Bone Disease (1 hr.) - Dr. Schiller
- Disorders of Growth Plate (1 hr.) - Dr. Olsen
- Basic Skeletal Biomechanics (1 hr.) - Dr. Snyder
- Cartilage Biology and Biomechanics (1 hr.) - Dr. Kim
- Rheumatic Diseases (I) (1 hr.) - Dr. Robinson
- Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (1 hr.) - Dr. Anderson
- Biomechanics Review Session (1 hr.)
- Muscular Dystrophies/ Inflammatory Myopathies (1 hr.) - Dr. Brown
- Osteoporosis; Osteomalacia (1 hr.) - Dr. DeMay
- Final Examination (2.5 hrs.)
Prerequisites & course information
Subject meets with HST.020 Prereq: HST.030 and HST.160 G (Spring) 3-0-3 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗January IAP 2006
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.