General aspects of neoplasia

Question 1

What is neoplasia?

Answer 1

The disease process that results from neoplasms. ( benign or malignant

Question 2

What is oncology?

Answer 2

study of tumors

Question 3

What is cancer?

Answer 3

The disease produced by malignant neoplasms.

Question 4

What is a tumor?

Answer 4

Literally means any mass or swelling. At present this is mostly used to mean malignant or benign neoplastic growths. In the old ( clinical ) definition, an abscess or a hematoma, or a non-neoplastic growth are also referred to as tumors.

Question 5

What are the general types of Neoplasms?

Answer 5

benign

malignant

Question 6

What are benign neoplasms?

Answer 6

Morphologically relatively “innocent” and localized lesions

Question 7

What are malignant neoplasms?

Answer 7

Invasive and destructive
lesions
Capable of distant spread (metastasis)
Capable of causing death

Question 8

What are the two basic components of tumors benign or malignant?

Answer 8

paranchyma

Supportive stroma

Question 9

What is paranchhyma?

Answer 9

the proliferating neoplastic cells

Question 10

What is a supportive stroma?

Answer 10

connective tissue and blood vessels

Question 11

What are the different types of supportive stroma?

Answer 11

demoplasia

scirrhous

Question 12

What is a demoplasia?

Answer 12

abundant collagenous stroma

Question 13

What is a Scirrhous?

Answer 13

dense, fibrous stroma; stony hard

Question 14

What are the origins of parachymal cells?

Answer 14

epithelial

mesenchymal

Question 15

How are neoplasms named

Answer 15

prefix

suffix

Question 16

What doe the prefix tidily in the name?

Answer 16

Identifies the proliferating parenchymal cell-type of the tumor

Question 17

What does the suffix identify in the name of neoplasms?

Answer 17

Identifies the “prefix” as benign or malignant

Question 18

What are prefixes used in epithelial cells?

Answer 18

Squamous cell (squamous epithelium)
Adeo- (glandular epithilium)
Transitional/Urothelial (Transitional/Urothelial epithelium)

Question 19

What are prefixes used in mesenenchymal neoplasms?

Answer 19

Fibro - (fibroblast)
Rhabdomyo (skeletal muscle)
leiomyo (smooth muscle)
Lipo (fat cells)

Question 20

What are more prefixes used in Mesenchymal neoplasms?

Answer 20

Chondro (cartilage)
Osteo (bone) Hemangioendothelio (endothelium)
Angio/Lymphangio (vascular endothelium)
Mesothelio (mesothelium)

Question 21

What is the suffix in benign tumors?

Answer 21

oma

Question 22

What is the suffix in malignant tumors?

Answer 22

sarcoma

carcinoma

Question 23

what is a Brenner tumor?

Answer 23

ovary

Question 24

What is a Burkitt lymphoma?

Answer 24

Lymph nodes

Question 25

What is a Ewing sarcoma?

Answer 25

bine

Question 26

What is Kaposi Sarcoma?

Answer 26

Blood vessels

Question 27

What is a Kraken burg tumor?

Answer 27

Carcinoma of ovary (usually metastatic from stomach)

Question 28

What ia a warthog tumor?

Answer 28

Tumor of salivary gland

Question 29

What is a films tumor?

Answer 29

Pediatric kidney cancer

Question 30

What is hodgkin disease?

Answer 30

Lymph node cancer

Question 31

What are the types of Stem cells (progenitor) cells?

Answer 31

Somatic- differentiate into limited types of cells

Gonadal/embryonic-differentiate into any cell type

Question 32

What is a mixed tumor?

Answer 32

Usually Derived from One Germ Cell Layer

(i.e. epithelial or myoepithelial)

Question 33

What is a tetraogenous tumor?

Answer 33

More Than One Neoplastic Cell Type Derived from More Than One Germ Cell Layer-Teratogenous