Exam 1 Slide Show (Cells) Important Terms

Question 1

What is Cancer?

Answer 1

A group of disease characterized by uncontrolled or abnormal cell division

Question 2

What is Tumor/Neoplasm?

Answer 2

Excess tissue that develops as the result of cancer

Question 3

What is Oncology?

Answer 3

Study of tumors

Question 4

What is Malignancy?

Answer 4

Cancerous neoplasm (tumor) that tends to metastasize

Question 5

What is Metastasis?

Answer 5

The spread of cancerous cells to other parts of the body

Question 6

What is benign tumor?

Answer 6

A Neoplasm that does not metastasize

Question 7

What is Carcinoma?

Answer 7

Malignant tumors that arise from epithelial cells

Question 8

What is Melanoma?

Answer 8

Cancerous growths of melanocytes (a type of epithelial cell)

Question 9

What is Sarcoma?

Answer 9

A general term for any cancer arising from muscle cells or connective tissues.

Question 10

What is Osteogenic sarcoma?

Answer 10

A cancer of bone

Question 11

What is Leukemia?

Answer 11

A cancer of blood-forming organs characterized by rapid growth of abnormal leukocytes

Question 12

What is Lymphoma?

Answer 12

A malignant disease of lymphatic tissue

Question 13

What is Epidemiology?

Answer 13

The science that deals with why, when, and where diseases occur, and how they are transmitted in a human community.

Question 14

What is Pharmacology?

Answer 14

The science of the effects and uses of drugs in disease treatment

Question 15

What is Atrophy?

Answer 15

A decrease in the size of cells with consequent decrease in the size of the affected tissue or organ

Question 16

What is Dysplasia?

Answer 16

Alteration in the size, shape, and organization of cells due to chronic irritation or inflammation;

Question 17

What is Hyperplasia?

Answer 17

An increase in the number of cells of a tissue due to an increase in the frequency of cell division

Question 18

What is Hypertrophy?

Answer 18

An increase in the size of cells without cell division

Question 19

What is Metaplasia?

Answer 19

The transformation of one cell type into another.

Question 20

What is Progeny?

Answer 20

Offspring or descendants

Question 21

What is Proteomics?

Answer 21

The study of the proteome (all of an organism’s proteins)

Question 22

What is Tumor marker?

Answer 22

A substance introduced into criculation by tumor cells that indicates the presence of a tumor, as well as its specfiic type;

Question 23

What may be used to screen, diagnose, and evaluate a response to treatment and monitor for recurrence of the cancer?

Answer 23

Tumor marker

Question 24

What may progress to neoplasia if the conditions persist, or revert to normal if the irritation is removed.

Answer 24

Dysplasia