Neoplasia - Nomenclature

Question 1

____________ is an abnormal mass of tissue, growth of which is persistent, uncoordinated and excessive.

Answer 1

Neoplasm

Question 2

Neoplasm has two components that are ___________ and ____________

Answer 2

Parenchyma and Stroma

Question 3

__________ (parenchyma/stroma) has the neoplastic cells

Answer 3

Parenchyma

Question 4

___________ (parenchyma/stroma) made up of

1. Connective tissue
2. Blood vessels
3. Cells of the adaptive and innate immune system

Answer 4

Stroma

Question 5

__________(Benign/Malignant/Mixed) tumors are localized, non-invasive and non-metastatic which can be removed by surgery.

Answer 5

Benign

Question 6

__________(Benign/Malignant/Mixed) tumors are invasive and metastatic.

Answer 6

Malignant tumors

Question 7

Suffix “oma” is used for the naming of __________ tumors

Answer 7

Benign

Question 8

Suffixes “carcinoma and sarcoma” are used for the naming of __________ tumors

Answer 8

Malignant

Question 9

Some tumors have large parenchyma and small stroma, these tumors are ________ (soft/hard)

Answer 9

soft

Question 10

If more stroma is present (high collagen) or parenchyma forces the stroma to make collagen (desmoplasia), then the tumor will be ________ (soft/hard)

Answer 10

hard

Question 11

Some tumors have so much collagen that they get stony hard, such tumors are called __________

Answer 11

Scirrhous tumors

Question 12

_________ (benign/malignant) tumors are slow growing and capsulated

Answer 12

Benign

Question 13

_________ (benign/malignant) tumors are fast growing and non-capsulated

Answer 13

Malignant

Question 14

_________ (benign/malignant) tumors are poorly differentiated

Answer 14

Malignant

Question 15

__________ (benign/malignant) tumors are well differentiated.

Answer 15

Benign

Question 16

_________ means colony of cells derived from a single organism or cell by mitosis.

Answer 16

Clonal

Question 17

________ means offspring

Answer 17

Progeny

Question 18

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_: the formation and development of
fibrous tissue (hard)

Answer 18

Desmoplasia

Question 19

__________: stony hard

Answer 19

Scirrhous

Question 20

___________: The ability of a cell to differentiate into any type of cell and thus form a new organism or regenerate any part of an organism; for example, a
fertilized ovum

Answer 20

Totipotent

Question 21

____________: a cell that is capable of differentiating into cells of any type of tissue except placental tissue

Answer 21

Pleuripotent

Question 22

____________: Relating to a stem cell that is capable

of differentiating into a limited number of specialized cell types eg. stem cells in bone marrow

Answer 22

Multipotent

Question 23

Benign tumor of fibrous tissue is called ___________

Answer 23

Fibroma

Question 24

Malignant tumor of fibrous tissue is called ___________

Answer 24

Fibrosarcoma

Question 25

Benign tumor of fat cells is called ___________

Answer 25

Lipoma

Question 26

Malignant tumor of fat calls is called ______________

Answer 26

Liposarcoma

Question 27

Benign tumor of chondrocytes is called ___________

Answer 27

Chondroma

Question 28

Malignant tumor of chondrocytes is called _____________

Answer 28

Chondrosarcoma

Question 29

Benign tumor of osteocytes is called ____________

Answer 29

Osteoma

Question 30

Malignant tumor of osteocytes is called ___________

Answer 30

Osteogenic sarcoma

Question 31

Benign tumor of blood vessels is called _________

Answer 31

Hemangioma

Question 32

Malignant tumor of blood vessels is called ________

Answer 32

Angiosarcoma

Question 33

Benign tumor of lymph vessels is called _________

Answer 33

Lymphangioma

Question 34

Malignant tumor of lymph vessels is called ________

Answer 34

Lymphangiosarcoma

Question 35

Benign tumor of mesothelium is called _________

Answer 35

Benign fibrous tissue

Question 36

Malignant tumor of mesothelium is ____________

Answer 36

MesotheliOMA

Question 37

Benign tumor of meninges is ____________

Answer 37

Non-invasive meningioma

Question 38

Malignant tumor of meninges is _______________

Answer 38

Invasive meningioma

Question 39

Malignant tumor of hematopoetic stem cells is __________

Answer 39

Leukemia

Question 40

Malignant tumor of lymphoid tissue is ___________

Answer 40

Lymphoma

Question 41

Benign tumor of smooth muscles is ___________

Answer 41

Leiomyoma

Question 42

Malignant tumor of smooth muscles is _____________

Answer 42

Leiomyosarcoma

Question 43

Benign tumor of skeletal muscles is _____________

Answer 43

Rhabdomyoma

Question 44

Malignant tumor of skeletal muscle is ____________

Answer 44

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Question 45

Benign tumor of stratified squamous cells is ___________

Answer 45

Squamous cell papilloma

Question 46

Malignant tumor of stratified squamous cells is _____________

Answer 46

Squamous cell carcinoma

Question 47

Malignant tumor of basal cells of skin or adnexa is ___________

Answer 47

Basal cell carcinoma

Question 48

Benign tumor arrising from glandular epithelium or from non glandular epithelium having a glandular pattern is __________

Answer 48

Adenoma

Question 49

Malignant tumor arrising from glandular epithelium or from non glandular epithelium having a glandular pattern is __________

Answer 49

Adenocarcinoma

Question 50

Benign tumor arrising from surface epithelium is ____________

Answer 50

Papilloma

Question 51

Malignant tumor arrising from surface epithelium is __________

Answer 51

Papillary carcinoma

Question 52

Some tumors produce papillary patterns that protrude into cystic spaces and are called _____________

Answer 52

Papillary cystadenoma

Question 53

Large cystic masses, as in the ovary, are referred to as ____________

Answer 53

Cystadenoma

Question 54

Benign tumor of respiratory passage is ___________

Answer 54

Bronchial adenoma

Question 55

Malignant tumor of respiratory passage is ___________

Answer 55

Bronchigenic carcinoma

Question 56

Benign tumor of renal epithelium is __________

Answer 56

Renal tubular adenoma

Question 57

Malignant tumor of renal epithelium is _____________

Answer 57

Renal cell carcinoma

Question 58

Benign tumor of hepatocytes is _________________

Answer 58

Hepatic adenoma

Question 59

Malignant tumor of hepatocytes is _______________

Answer 59

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 60

Benign tumor of transitional epithelium is ______________

Answer 60

Transitional cell papilloma

Question 61

Malignant tumor of transitional epithelium is ______________

Answer 61

Transitional cell carcinoma

Question 62

Benign tumor of placental tissue is _____________

Answer 62

Hydatidiform mole

Question 63

Malignant tumor of placental tissue is ____________

Answer 63

Choriocarcinoma

Question 64

Malignant tumor of testicular epithelium is _____________

Answer 64

Seminoma and Embryonal carcinoma

Question 65

Benign tumor of melanocytes is ______________

Answer 65

Nevus

Question 66

Malignant tumor of melanocytes is ____________

Answer 66

Malignant melanoma

Question 67

___________ are benign fingerlike or warty projections from epithelial surfaces

Answer 67

Papilloma

Question 68

__________ is a grossly visible projection above a mucosal surface and projects into the gastric or colonic lumen.

Answer 68

Polyp

Question 69

If the polyp has glandular tissue, it is called an _______________

Answer 69

Adenomatous polyp

Question 70

Malignant tumors arising in solid mesenchymal tissues | are usually called ____________

Answer 70

Sarcoma

Question 71

Malignant neoplasms of epithelial cell origin is ___________

Answer 71

Carcinoma

Question 72

Divergent differentiation of a single neoplastic clone | creates a _____________

Answer 72

Mixed Tumor

Question 73

Benign form of mixed tumor of salivary gland is __________

Answer 73

Pleomorphic adenoma

Question 74

Malignant form of mixed tumor of salivary gland is ___________

Answer 74

Mixed malignant tumor of salivary gland

Question 75

____________ is a mass of mature or immature cells or tissues, having more than one germ cell layer (and sometimes all three)

Answer 75

Teratoma

Question 76

__________ originates from totipotential germ cells that are normally present in the ovary and testis

Answer 76

Teratoma

Question 77

__________ has helter-skelter arrangement of bone, epithelium, muscle, fat, nerve, and other tissues in a tumor

Answer 77

Teratoma

Question 78

Ovarian cystic teratoma is called ____________

Answer 78

Dermoid cyst

Question 79

__________ is the term applied to a heterotopic rest | of cells

Answer 79

Choristoma (Girls ending up in men's toilet)

Question 80

Gastric mucosa is Meckel's diverticulum is an example of __________ (choristoma/hamartoma)

Answer 80

Choristoma

Question 81

____________ is disorganized and benign mass composed of cells indigenous to the involved site.

Answer 81

Hamartoma