Exam 2

Question 1

congenital absence or underdevelopment of nipples and breasts

Answer 1

Amastia

Question 2

presence of nipples but no breast tissue

Answer 2

amazia

Question 3

calcium deposits in the breast tissue that are generally not palpable but can be seen on mammogram

Answer 3

calcifications

Question 4

increase in size of an organ or structure (ex: breast) that does not involve tumor formation

Answer 4

hypertrophy

Question 5

congenital underdevelopment of the breast, either bilateral or unilateral

Answer 5

hypoplasia

Question 6

excessive proliferation of normal cells in the normal tissue arrangement of the organ (ex: breast)

Answer 6

hyperplasia

Question 7

Inward rather than everted/protruding nipples

Answer 7

inverted nipples

Question 8

abnormally large or overdeveloped breasts

Answer 8

macromastia

Question 9

pain in breast

Answer 9

mastalgia or mastodynia

Question 10

infection of breast

Answer 10

mastitis

Question 11

abnormally small or underdeveloped breasts

Answer 11

micromastia

Question 12

presence of more than one nipple

Answer 12

polythelia

Question 13

condition of having more than two breasts

Answer 13

polymastia

Question 14

accessory nipples found anywhere from the groin to the neck

Answer 14

supernumerary nipples

Question 15

beginning of breast development in puberty

Answer 15

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