unit 8 Flashcards
csyt
bladder
lesion
an area of unhealthy (morbid) tissue
polyp
tumor with a little foot or stem
papilla
small nipple like protuberance or elevation
papilloma
papule
pimple
benign
mild, not spreading, not recurrent
infiltration
slipping into or between normal cells of the body
malignant
bad of kind, growing worse, resisting treatment, and tending ot threatening to produce death
metastasis
movement of cells (especially cancer cells) from one part of the body to another
neoplasm
a new formation of tissue that has no useful function
distal
re-mote, or farthest from the point of attatchment
dorsal
on or near the back
lateral
farther from the midline
medial
closer to the midline
proximal
part of the body located nearest to its attachment to the trunk is described
ventral
on or near the belly
ecto-, exo-
outer side
end-, endo-
inner, within
meso-
middle
circum-
around
peri-
around about
epi-
over, surrounding
sub-, hypo-
below, under