Chapter 3

Question 1

What test is Definitive to diagnose a tumor?

Answer 1

Biopsy

Question 2

Iatrogenic

Answer 2

A problem arising from a prescribed treatment

Question 3

Metastatic

Answer 3

Moving from original site to other organs

Question 4

What organ is frequently affected by adhesions?

Answer 4

Intestine

Question 5

What are the signs of inflammation?

Answer 5

Redness, heat, pain

Question 6

Neoplasm

Answer 6

New growth or an increase in cell number, leading to an increase in tissue size; commonly called tumors

Question 7

What are examples of viral infections?

Answer 7

Herpes Symplex, mononucleosis, influenza

Question 8

Disorder

Answer 8

A derangement or abnormality of function.

Question 9

Dysplasia

Answer 9

An alteration in size, shape, and organization of sentence

Question 10

Fistula

Answer 10

A tract that connects two organs or cavities to each other or to the surface of the skin.

Question 11

Anaplastic

Answer 11

Abnormal tissue, the more undifferentiated tissue

Question 12

Angiogenesis

Answer 12

New growth of blood vessels.

Question 13

Benign

Answer 13

Having limited growth, noncancerous.

Question 14

Biopsy

Answer 14

Removing a small piece of tissue for microscopic examination.

Question 15

Cachexia

Answer 15

A term used to describe any individual who has an ill, thin, wasted appearance.

Question 16

Carcinogen

Answer 16

Cancer-causing agent or substance.

Question 17

Carcinogenesis

Answer 17

Cancer development.

Question 18

Carcinoma in situ

Answer 18

Atypical cells residing in the epithelial layer of tissue, not having broken through the basement membrane and invading other local tissue.

Question 19

Chemotherapy

Answer 19

Using pharmacologic therapy in the treatment of cancer.

Question 20

Curative

Answer 20

Something that corrects or cures the disease or condition.

Question 21

Cytology

Answer 21

The examination or study of cells.

Question 22

Differentiation

Answer 22

The process of individual specialization of cells.

Question 23

Frozen section

Answer 23

A technique that enables the pathologist to make a rapid determination of a tumor condition, either malignant or benign.

Question 24

Grading

Answer 24

Determining the degree of differentiation of cells through microscopic examination.

Question 25

Hematoma

Answer 25

A large tumor or swelling filled with blood; also called a bruise or contusion.

Question 26

Hyperplasia

Answer 26

An increase in cell number; overgrowth in response to some type of stimulus.

Question 27

Invasion

Answer 27

Spreading into surrounding or local tissue.

Question 28

Leukemia

Answer 28

A progressive overgrowth of abnormal leukocytes; a malignant disease of the bone marrow.

Question 29

Metaplasia

Answer 29

A cellular adaptation in which the cell changes to another type of cell.

Question 30

Neoplasm

Answer 30

New growths or an increase in cell number, leading to an increase in tissue size; commonly called tumors

Question 31

Palliative

Answer 31

Something that is directed toward relief of symptoms but does not cure.

Question 32

Pap test

Answer 32

Also called papanicolaou test; a screening for cancer using and examining the cells scraped from the cervical area.

Question 33

Preventative

Answer 33

Something that reduces risk.

Question 34

Radiation

Answer 34

The process of using light, short-waves, ultraviolet or x-rays, or any other rays.

Question 35

Sarcoma

Answer 35

A malignant neoplasm arising from connective tissue.

Question 36

Staging

Answer 36

Determining the degree of spread of a malignant tumor

Question 37

Tumor

Answer 37

"Swelling "or growth, originally used in the description of the swelling related to inflammation.