Cancer

Question 1

Is a cellular growth disorder that occurs when
cells divide uncontrollably

Answer 1

Cancer

Question 2

Not cancerous and usually does not grow larger

Answer 2

Benign

Question 3

Cancerous and possesses the ability to spread

Answer 3

Malignant

Question 4

Characteristics of Cancer Cells

Answer 4

Cancer cells lack differentiation
Cancer cells have abnormal nuclei
Cancer cells do not undergo apoptosis
Cancer cells form tumors
Cancer cells undergo metastasis and
angiogenesis

Question 5

Programmed cell death

Answer 5

Apoptosis

Question 6

Abnormal cancer
cells pile on top of one another and grow in
multiple layers forming a…

Answer 6

Tumor

Question 7

The formation of a cancer,
whereby normal cells are
transformed into cancer cells

Answer 7

Carcinogenesis

Question 8

The spread of the cancer from
the place of origin throughout
the body

Answer 8

Metastasis

Question 9

The formation of new blood
vessels

Answer 9

Angiogenesis

Question 10

Cancer usually caused by

Answer 10

mutations affecting
genes

Question 11

two types of genes usually affected in cancer

Answer 11

Proto Oncogenes
Tumor Suppressor Genes

Question 12

Code for protein that promote the cell cycle and
prevent apoptosis

Answer 12

Proto Oncogenes

Question 13

Code for proteins that inhibit the cell cycle and
promote apoptosis

Answer 13

Tumor Suppressor Genes