Chapter 2: Quiz

Question 1

A cancerous tumor of connective tissue is called?

Answer 1

Sarcoma

Question 2

What is the term that means becoming progressively worse?

Answer 2

Malignant

Question 3

An increased amount of red blood cells is called?

Answer 3

Erythrocytosis

Question 4

What term means pertaining to internal organs?

Answer 4

Visceral

Question 5

A tumor tumor composed of fat is called?

Answer 5

Lipoma

Question 6

A tumor that is benign can also be called what?

Answer 6

Nonrecurrent

Question 7

Substances thought to cause cancer are called?

Answer 7

Cancerous

Question 8

Etiology is the study of what?

Answer 8

Causes of disease

Question 9

A tumor may be called?

Answer 9

Neoplasm

Question 10

If something originated in the body, is is called?

Answer 10

Somatogenic

Question 11

Any disease of a muscle is called?

Answer 11

Myopathy

Question 12

Abnormal development is called?

Answer 12

Dysplasia

Question 13

The term that means produced by a physician is?

Answer 13

Prognosis

Question 14

A black tumor (primarily of the skin) is called?

Answer 14

Melanoma

Question 15

The term that means within the living body is?

Answer 15

In Vitro

Question 16

What is another name for a malignant tumor?

Answer 16

Sarcoma

Question 17

What is programmed cell death called?

Answer 17

Apoptosis

Question 18

What is palliative and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families called?

Answer 18

Hospice

Question 19

A state of being diseased is called what?

Answer 19

Morbidity

Question 20

What is a leukocyte?

Answer 20

White Blood Cell (WBC)