Chapter 3 Vocab 2

Question 0

Apoptosis

Answer 0

“cell-suicide” genes become activated

Question 1

Anaplasia

Answer 1

Loss of tissue differentiation and function

Question 2

Atrophy

Answer 2

A decrease in size of cells with decrease in size of affected tissue or organ

Question 3

Biopsy

Answer 3

Removal and examination of tissue for diagnosis

Question 4

Dyplasia

Answer 4

Alteration in size, shape, and organization of cells

Question 5

Hyperplasia

Answer 5

Increase in number of cells due to increase in cell division

Question 6

Hypertrophy

Answer 6

Increase in size of cells without cell division

Question 7

Metaplasia

Answer 7

Transformation of one type of cell into another

Question 8

Necrosis

Answer 8

Adjacent cells swell, burst, and spill their cytoplasm into the ICF

Question 9

Progeny

Answer 9

Offspring or descendants

Question 10

Proteomics

Answer 10

Study of all of an organism’s proteins

Question 11

Tumor marker

Answer 11

Substance that indicates a specific tumor is present

Question 12

Intravenous solution

Answer 12

Liquids infused into the blood

Question 13

T-Sachs Disease

Answer 13

Absence of a single lysosomal enzyme

Question 14

Progeria

Answer 14

Rapid aging from normal development in first year, death around 13

Question 15

Werner syndrome

Answer 15

Rapid acceleration of aging, death before 50