Classification Of Tumor

Question 1

capacity for spread to other sites

Answer 1

Metastasis

Question 2

composed of transformed or neoplastic cells

Answer 2

The parenchyma

Question 3

supporting non-neoplastic connective tissue, blood vessels, and host-derived inflammatory cells

Answer 3

The stroma

Question 4

All tumors have two basic components

Answer 4

The parenchyma and the stroma

Question 5

Malignant neoplasms of epithelial cell called?

Answer 5

Carcinoma

Question 6

malignant neoplasms arising in mesenchymal tissues called ?

Answer 6

Sarcoma

Question 7

Benign epithelial neoplasms producing microscopically visible finger-like or warty
projections

Answer 7

Papillomas

Question 8

neoplasm—benign or malignant— produces a macroscopically visible projection above a mucosal surface

Answer 8

Polyp

Question 9

tumor-like malformation composed of mature normal cells in the usual location but as a disorganized mass

Answer 9

Hamartoma

Question 10

tumor-like mass consisting of normal cells in an abnormal location

Answer 10

Choriostoma

Question 11

single neoplastic cell can differentiate into different types of cells. example: pleomorphic adenoma

Answer 11

Mixed tumor

Question 12

Tumors contain mature or immature cells or tissues belonging to more than one germ cell layer (endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm)

Answer 12

Teratoma

Question 13

originates from totipotential germ cells that are normally present in the ovary and testis and sometimes midline embryonic rests

Answer 13

Teratoma

Question 14

development of secondary implants discontinuous with the primary tumor, in other tissues. It is the hallmark of malignancy.

Answer 14

Metastasis

Question 15

spread through the blood and it is favored by sarcomas The liver and lungs are the most frequently involved secondary sites in hematogenous dissemination

Answer 15

Hematogenous spread

Question 16

first regional lymph node that receives lymph flow from the primary tumor.

Answer 16

The Sentinel lymph node

Question 17

allows determination of the extent of spread of the tumor and can be used to plan treatment

Answer 17

Biopsy of sentinel lymph nodes

Question 18

ovarian tumor or mucinous appendiceal tumor fills the peritoneal cavity with a gelatinous neoplastic mass.

Answer 18

pseudomyxoma peritonei