Chapter 18, pages 572 & 573

Question 1

Anaplasia

Answer 1

Loss of cell differentation.

Question 2

Apoptosis

Answer 2

Normal death of cells.

Question 3

Benign

Answer 3

Encapsulated; not malignant.

Question 4

Cytoplasm

Answer 4

Outer portion of a cell surrounding the nucleus.

Question 5

Dedifferentiated

Answer 5

Lacking in normal orderly cell arrangement.

Question 6

Differentiated

Answer 6

Growing in an orderly fashion.

Question 7

Dysplasia

Answer 7

Abnormal tissue growth.

Question 8

Encapsulated

Answer 8

Held within a capsule; benign.

Question 9

Heteroplaisa

Answer 9

Dysplasia.

Question 10

Invasive

Answer 10

Infiltrating other organs; spreading.

Question 11

Malignant

Answer 11

Growing uncontrollably.

Question 12

Metastasis

Answer 12

Spread of malignant cells to other parts of the body.

Question 13

Mitosis

Answer 13

Cell division.

Question 14

Mutation

Answer 14

Alteration in DNA to produce defective cells.

Question 15

Neoplasm

Answer 15

Tumor; new growth.

Question 16

Oncogene

Answer 16

DNA fragment that causes malignancies.

Question 17

Sarcoma

Answer 17

Relatively rare tumor that originates in muscle, connective tissue and lymph.

Question 18

Solid tumor

Answer 18

Carcinoma; most common type of tumor.

Question 19

Teratoma

Answer 19

Growth containing several types of tissue and various types of cells.

Question 20

Tumor

Answer 20

Growth made up of cells that reproduce abnormally.