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1.     _____ is the formation or presence of a new, abnormal growth of tissue.
Definition
NEOPLASIA
Term
2.     _____ is any new and abnormal growth, specifically one in which cell multiplication is uncontrolled and progressive (tumor).
Definition
NEOPLASM
Term
3.     Pheochromocytomas are benign tumors of the _____.
Definition
ADRENAL MEDULLA
Term
4.     Pheochromocytomas cause the adrenal medulla to secrete excess _____ which causes _____.
Definition
CATECHOLAMINES; HYPERTENSION
Term
5.     _____ is a swelling of any part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue… can be benign or malignant.
Definition
TUMOR
Term
6.     _____ is the study and treatment of tumors.
Definition
ONCOLOGY
Term
7.     _____ neoplasms are a localized tumor that has a fibrous capsule with a limited potential for growth, a regular shape, and the cells are well differentiated.
Definition
BENIGN NEOPLASM
Term
8.     _____ neoplasms are a tumor that has great potential for growth with undiffentiated cells… they are able to spread from one tissue to other tissues of the body.
Definition
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM
Term
9.     _____ is the ability to change/develop from a relatively generalized to a specialized tissue… the degree of resemblance of a tissue to the tissue of origin.
Definition
DIFFERENTIATION
Term
10.  Benign tumors are _____ differentiated.
Definition
WELL-DIFFERENTIATED
Term
11.  Malignant tumors are _____ differentiated or _____.
Definition
UNDIFFERENTIATED OR APLASTIC
Term
12.  7 characteristics of anaplasia.
Definition
1) CELLULAR PLEOMORPHISM, 2) HYPERCHROMATISM OF NUCLEI, 3) PROMINENT NUCLEOLUS, 4) FREQUENCY OF MITOSES, 5) PRESENCE OF NUCLEAR PLEOMORPHISMS, 6) DISORIENTATION OF CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE, 7) METASTASIS
Term
13.  Patients with _____ neoplasms are more likely to survive for a longer period of time or may be completely cured with treatment.
Definition
WELL-DIFFERENTIATED
Term
14.  Patients with a _____ neoplasm are more likely to experience a lower survival rate and/or increased risk of mortality.
Definition
ANAPLASTIC NEOPLASM
Term
15.  All neoplasms have 2 components which are _____ and _____.
Definition
PARENCHYMA AND SUPPORTIVE STROMA
Term
16.  _____ is a component of a neoplasm that consists of the proliferating neoplastic cells by which the tissue is named.
Definition
PARENCHYMA
Term
17.  _____ is a component of a neoplasm that consists of fibrous connective tissue, blood vessels and lymphatics.
Definition
SUPPORTIVE STROMA
Term
18.  If the stromal component of a neoplasm is minimal, the neoplasm will be _____ and _____.
Definition
SOFT AND FLESHY
Term
19.  If there is an abundance of stroma in a neoplasm, the neoplasm will be dense and hard which is called _____
Definition
DESMOPLASIA
Term
20.  Benign neoplasms in non-glandular epithelium are called _____.
Definition
EPITHELIOMA/PAPILLOMA
Term
21.  Benign neoplasms in glandular epithelium are called _____.
Definition
ADENOMA
Term
22.  Malignant neoplasms in non-glandular epithelium are called _____.
Definition
CARCINOMA
Term
23.  Malignant neoplasms in glandular epithelium are called _____.
Definition
ADENOCARCINOMA
Term
24.  Benign tumors of fibrous tissues are called _____, while malignant tumors are called _____.
Definition
FIBROMA; FIBROSARCOMA
Term
25.  Benign tumors of fat are called _____, while malignant tumors are called _____.
Definition
LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA
Term
26.  Benign tumors of vascular tissue are called _____, while malignant tumors are _____.
Definition
ANGIOMA; ANGIOSARCOMA
Term
27.  Benign tumors of smooth muscle are _____, while malignant tumors are _____.
Definition
LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA
Term
28.  Benign tumors of striated muscles are called _____, while malignant tumors are _____.
Definition
RHABDOMYOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA
Term
29.  Benign tumors of bone are called _____, while malignant tumors are called _____.
Definition
OSTEOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA
Term
30.  Benign bone tumors of cartilage are called _____, while malignant tumors are called _____.
Definition
CHRONDROMA; CHONDROSARCOMA
Term
31.  Malignant tumors of lymphoid tissue are called _____.
Definition
LYMPHOMA
Term
32.  Malignant tumors of white blood cells that arise form bone marrow are called _____.
Definition
LEUKEMIA
Term
33.  _____ are malignant tumors of the melanocytes in the skin.
Definition
MELANOMA
Term
34.  _____ are malignant germ cell tumors.
Definition
SEMINOMA
Term
35.  _____ is a teratoma of the skin that contains skin, hair follicles, and sweat glands.
Definition
DERMOID CYST
Term
36.  Dermoid cysts most commonly occur in the _____.
Definition
UTERUS
Term
37.  _____ is the infiltration and destruction of surrounding local tissues by a neoplasm.
Definition
INVASION
Term
38.  How do benign neoplasms grow?
Definition
THEY GROW IN AN EXPANDING MANNER TO LOCALIZED TISSUES
Term
39.  _____ of benign tumors tends to contain the benign neoplasm as a discrete and easily movable mass that can often be surgically excised.
Definition
ENCAPSULATION
Term
40.  How do malignant neoplasms spread?
Definition
THEY INVADE AND DESTROY SURROUNDING TISSUES
Term
41.  _____ is the invasive nature of neoplasms which allows them to penetrate into blood vessels, lymphatic’s, and body cavities thus providing the opportunity for spread of the neoplasm to a distant anatomical territory.
Definition
METASTASIS
Term
42.  Metastasis unequivocally marks a neoplasm as _____ as benign neoplasms do not metastasize.
Definition
MALIGNANT
Term
43.  Approximately _____% of newly diagnosed patients with solid malignant neoplasms clinically present with metastasis.
Definition
30.00000%
Term
44.  Metastatic spread of neoplasms strongly reduces the possibility of a _____.
Definition
CURE
Term
45.  3 pathways of metastatic spread.
Definition
1) DIRECT SEEDING, 2) LYMPH SPREAD, 3) HEMATOGENOUS SPREAD
Term
46.  _____ is the classic form of direct seeding.
Definition
OVARIAN CANCER
Term
47.  4 tissue changes which share features with neoplastic disease.
Definition
1) HYPERPLASIA, 2) METAPLASIA, 3) DYSPLASIA, 4) TUMOR GIANT CELLS
Term
48.  _____ is disorderly, but non-neoplastic proliferation of cells with a loss of uniformity of individual cells and a loss of architecture.
Definition
DYSPLASIA
Term
49.  7 local tissue effects of neoplasms.
Definition
1) SWELLING, 2) IRRITATION, 3) BLOOD VESSEL DAMAGE, 4) ULCERATIONS, 5) VISCERAL DAMAGE, 6) NECROSIS, 7) INFECTIONS, 8) COMPROMISED ORGAN FUNCTION
Term
50.  _____ is a systemic effect of neoplasias only seen in malignancies.
Definition
CACHEXIA
Term
51.  _____ is the loss of fat and muscle caused by macrophages releasing TNF causing the breakdown of fat and protein.
Definition
CACHEXIA
Term
52.  3 systemic effects of neoplasms.
Definition
1) CACHEXIA, 2) SECRETION OF HORMONES, 3) HYPERCALCEMIA
Term
53.  Benign neoplasms release _____ hormones.
Definition
INDIGENOUS
Term
54.  Malignant neoplasms release _____ and _____ hormones.
Definition
INDIGENOUS, ECTOPIC
Term
55.  _____ hormones are native to the tissue of origin.
Definition
INDIGENOUS
Term
56.  _____ hormones are not normally produced by the local tissue affected.
Definition
ECTOPIC
Term
57.  3 different types of tumors that cause hypercalcemia.
Definition
1) PRIMARY BONE NEOPLASM, 2) METASTASIS TO BONE, 3) PTH SECRETING NEOPLASM
Term
58.  _____ are syndromes in which symptoms mask the underlying neoplasm.
Definition
PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME
Term
59.  3 types of paraneoplastic syndromes.
Definition
1) ENDROCRINOPATHIES, 2) NEUROMYOPATIES, 3) VASCULAR DISORDERS
Term
60.  2 endocrinopathies that cause ectopic hormone production.
Definition
1) CUSHINGS CAUSING ACTH PRODUCTION BY LUNG CANCER, 2) HYPERCALCEMIA CAUSING PARATHYROID HORMONE PRODUCTION BY LUNG CANCER
Term
61.  In _____, lung carcinoma tumor cells elicit antibody formation, and the antibodies to tumor cells cross react with neuronal endings.
Definition
NEUROMYOPATHIES (MYASTHENIC SYNDROME)
Term
62.  _____ disorders cause thrombosis as a result of increased synthesis of coagulation proteins induced by malignant cells.
Definition
VASCULAR DISORDERS
Term
63.  ____ is a drug used to stop metastatic spread.
Definition
AVASTIN
Term
64.  3 steps in how avastin works.
Definition
1) DECREASED ANGIOGENESIS, 2) STARVES THE CANCER, 3) DECREASES RISK FOR METASTATIC SPREAD
Term
65.  It is important that we identify _____ before it becomes neoplastic.
Definition
DYSPLASIA
Term
66.  4 procedures doctors perform to identify dysplasia before it becomes neoplastic.
Definition
1) PAP-SMEAR, 2) MAMMOGRAM, 3) COLONOSCOPY, 4) BIOPSY
Term
67.  _____ is when a piece of the colon flips over and creates spasm causing ischemia.
Definition
INTUSSUSCEPTION
Term
68.  Intussusception of the colon can result in _____ if it is not detected in an early manner.
Definition
ACUTE PERITONITIS
Term
69.  Intussusception of the colon can lead to these 4 disorders.
Definition
1) ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE COLON, 2) FECAL MATTER ACCUMULATION, 3) INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS, 4) COMPROMISED ORGAN FUNCTION
Term
70.  _____ is the anorexia of death that is associated with HIV infections. It has nothing to do with cancer or lymphoma, but it is receded in patients with AIDS.
Definition
CACHEXIA
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