Tumour Pathology 1

Question 1

What type of tumour is invasive?

Answer 1

Malignant

Question 2

What type of tumour has no capsule, or a breached capsule?

Answer 2

Malignant.

Question 3

What type of tumour is well-differentiated?

Answer 3

Benign.

Question 4

What does tumour classification depend on?

Answer 4

The region its found in, and whether it is benign or malignant.

Question 5

Name Glandular Epithelia benign tumour

Answer 5

Adenoma.

Question 6

What is adenocarcinoma?

Answer 6

A Glandular epithelia malignant tumour.

Question 7

Name squamous epithelia benign tumour.

Answer 7

squamous papilloma

Question 8

Name squamous epithelia malignant tumour.

Answer 8

Squamous carcinoma.

Question 9

What is osteoma?

Answer 9

A benign bone tumour.

Question 10

Name Bone malignant tumour.

Answer 10

Osteosarcoma.

Question 11

Where are lipomas and liposarcomas found?

Answer 11

Fat.

Question 12

What is the benign tumour found on white blood cells?

Answer 12

There is none.

Question 13

What is the malignant tumour found on lymphoid tissue.

Answer 13

Lymphoma.

Question 14

What are germ cells?

Answer 14

Gametes.

Question 15

What are tumours found on germ cells called?

Answer 15

Teratomas.

Question 16

Which one is more likely to be malignant - an ovarian teratoma, or a testicular teratoma?

Answer 16

Tesiticular teratoma.

Question 17

What is a tumour?

Answer 17

A growing mass of tissue
Uncoordinated growth compared to surrounding tissue
Growth continues after removal of stimulus that causes it to grow
Irreversible change.

Question 18

What does metastasise mean.

Answer 18

Spread

Question 19

What is the top 5 most common cancers.

Answer 19

1) breast
2) lung
3) prostate
4) colon
5) melanoma.

Question 20

What is the nomenclature of tumours found in the CNS.

Answer 20

Astrocytoma.

Question 21

What is the nomenclature of tumours found in the PNS?

Answer 21

Scwannoma.