Neoplasia

Question 1

What are the 3 groups of tissue cell types?

Answer 1

Connective Tissue

Epithelial Tissue

Others

Question 2

What are connective tissue cell types?

Answer 2

They are fibrous tissue.
Consist of cartilage, bone, fat, endothelium or endothelial cells (line blood vessels)
Muscle - (smooth is more proliferative)

Question 3

What suffix do BENIGN Connective tissue cancer cells end with

Answer 3

-oma

Fibroma
, leiomyoma,
 chondroma
, osteoma,
 lipoma, haemangioma

Question 4

What suffix do MALIGNANT Connective tissue cancer cells end with

Answer 4

Sarcoma
sarc = malignant & connective tissue

e.g. fibrosarcoma
liposarcoma 
chondrosarcoma 
leiomyosarcoma
osteosarcoma

Question 5

What are epithelial tissue/ cell types

Answer 5

named after their growth pattern/characteristics

they line organs

Question 6

What are the common prefixes for BENIGN epithelial tumors

Answer 6

Adeno- secreting epithelium

Papill- growing with finger like projections

Cystadeno- eptithelium is growing in a cyst

Question 7

What are malignant epithelial tumours called?

Answer 7

carcinomas

carc= malignant & epithelial origion 
e.g. Adenocarcinoma
papillcarcinoma
cystadenocarcinoma 
squamous cell carcinoma
renal cell carcinoma

Question 8

What are other tissue types?

Answer 8

They are not considered connective tissue and they are not considered epithelial tissue

Question 9

What are examples of other tissue types

Answer 9

germ cells (sperm and ova)
Melanocytes 
mesothelial cells 
CNS - 
Lymphoid Tisse (nodes)
Stem cells

Question 10

What are examples (2) of benign tumors in the ‘other’ category?

Answer 10

1. Meningioma - found in the brain (can be fatal even though benign)
2. Mature ovarian teratoma ‘demoid cyst’ (germ cell tumors)

Question 11

Maliginant tumors in the ‘other category’

Answer 11

1. testicular tumors (always considered malignan- seminoma )
2. Immature teratoma)
3. Melanoma
4. Leukaemias
5. Lymphomas
6. Mesothelioma
7. Gliomas