Exam 3 Cancer Vocabulary

Question 1

Hyperplasia

Answer 1

Increase in number of cells

Question 2

Metaplasia

Answer 2

A change of one tissue type to another tissue type

Question 3

Dysplasia

Answer 3

loss of normal architecture

Question 4

Anaplasia

Answer 4

loss of structural differentiation

Question 5

Desmoplasia

Answer 5

proliferation of connective tissues and cells with the tumor

Question 6

Carcinoma

Answer 6

neoplasm of epithelial origin

Question 7

Adenoma

Answer 7

neoplasm arising from glandular tissue

Question 8

Papilloma

Answer 8

benign tumor of epithelia in which neoplastic cells grow outward like fingers

Question 9

Teratoma

Answer 9

germ cell neoplasm made of several different differentiated cell/tissue types

Question 10

Sarcoma

Answer 10

Neoplasm originating from muscles, nerves, connective tissue (mesenchymal tissues or derivatives)

Question 11

Lymphoma

Answer 11

neoplasm of B/T cells (cells that populate lymph nodes), can be liquid or solid

Question 12

Leukemia

Answer 12

neoplasm of white blood cells, always liquid

Question 13

Blastoma

Answer 13

malignancy in precursor cells, more common in children. Eg nephroblastoma, retinoblastoma

Question 14

Melanoma

Answer 14

cancer in pigment producing cells