Lecture 6- Neoplasia I 9/5

Question 1

… are neoplastic cells and … are the supporting connective tissue and blood vessels

Answer 1

parenchyma

stroma

Question 2

… is a proliferation of tissue normally found at that site

Answer 2

haratoma

Question 3

… is a collection of tissue not normally found in that anatomic site

Answer 3

choristoma

Question 4

… is a neoplasm derived from more than one germ layer

Answer 4

teratoma

Question 5

Malignant mesenchymal neoplasms are designated by attaching the suffix “…” ?

Answer 5

sarcoma

Question 6

Malignancies of epithelial origin are termed “…”

Answer 6

carcinomas

Question 7

… is disorderly but non-neoplastic growth or proliferation

Answer 7

dysplasia

Question 8

Dysplasia is an altered growth pattern of…. and they are pre-… and potentially…

Answer 8

epithelium maturation

neoplastic

malignant

Question 9

The most severe form of dysplasia is…

Answer 9

carcinoma in situ

Question 10

Rate of growth in benign vs. malignant

Answer 10

benign- slow

malignant-fast (well differentiated tend to grow slower)

Question 11

Benign tumors tend to remain localized and most but not all have a ….

Answer 11

fibrous capsule

Question 12

… is the most reliable feature for distinguishing malignant from benign tumors

Answer 12

local invasiveness