Chapter 6: Neoplasia

Question 1

Learning Objectives

Answer 1

1. Differences between benign and malignant growths in the body
2. Naming practices in benign and malignant tumors
3. Characteristic differences between normal cells and cancer cells
4. How cancer cells spread to other areas of the body
5. Basic treatment therapies for cancer

Question 2

What is cell proliferation

Answer 2

an increase in cell divisions that is used as an inherent adaptive mechanism for replacing body cells
- can only happen in cells that can multiply (ex: not neurons)

Question 3

what is cell differentiation

Answer 3

the process of cell specialization where cells take on specific characteristics

in other words, new cells acquire the structure and function of cells they’ll replace