Neoplasia Flashcards
1
Q
Microanatomy of colon?
A
- Mucosae
- Muscularis mucosae
- sub mucosa
- muscularis propria
- serosa
2
Q
what is mucosae?
A
epithelium and lamina propria
3
Q
what is muscularis?
A
inner circular and outer longitudinal layers.
4
Q
what is sub mucosa?
A
irregular connective and adipose tissue, numerous blood vessels
5
Q
what is muscularis propria?
A
inner circular and outer longitudinal layers (with thick bands taeniae coli)
6
Q
what is serosa?
A
epithelium and thin lamina propria.
7
Q
what does frank blood mean?
A
usually bleeding in the lower gi tract (overt, obvious)
8
Q
what does malaena mean?
A
usually bleeding in the upper gi tract (black tarry stools)
9
Q
what dos occult blood mean?
A
slow/small blood loss (not visible to naked eye)
10
Q
t classification?
A
primary tumour. T0-T4
11
Q
N classification?
A
regional lymph nodes (N0-N3)
12
Q
M classification?
A
distant metastasis (M0-M1)
