Chapter 19 Pathologic Descriptions

Question 1

cystic

Answer 1

forming large open spaces filled with fluid

Question 2

fungating

Answer 2

mushrooming pattern of growth in which tumor cells pile on top of another and project from a tissue surface

Question 3

inflammatory

Answer 3

having the features of inflammation; redness, swelling and heat

Question 4

medullary

Answer 4

large, soft, fleshy tumors

Question 5

necrotic

Answer 5

containing dead tissue

Question 6

polypoid

Answer 6

growths that form projections extending outward from a base

Question 7

ulcerating

Answer 7

characterized by an open, exposed surface resulting from the death of overlying tissue

Question 8

verrucous

Answer 8

resembling a wart-like growth

Question 9

alveolar

Answer 9

tumor cells from patters resembling small sacs

Question 10

carcinoma in situ

Answer 10

referring to localized tumor cells that have not invaded adjacent structures

Question 11

diffuse

Answer 11

spreading evenly throughout the affected tissue

Question 12

dysplastic

Answer 12

containing abnormal appearing cells that are not clearly cancerous

Question 13

epidermoid

Answer 13

resembling squamous epithelial cells (thin, plate-like)

Question 14

follicular

Answer 14

forming small glandular sacs

Question 15

papillary

Answer 15

forming small, finger-like or nipple-like projections of cells

Question 16

pleomorphic

Answer 16

composed of a variety of types of cells

Question 17

scirrhous

Answer 17

densely packed tumors, due to dense bands of fibrous tissue

Question 18

undifferentiated

Answer 18

lacking microscopic structures typical or normal mature cells