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Terminology Flashcards

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Neoplasm

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Mass of uncontrolled cells

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Tumor

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Swelling, Oma

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Cyst

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Encapsulated swelling

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Oncology

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Cancer

Greek for swelling

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Lipoma

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Fatty tumor

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Osteoma

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Bone tumor

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Carcinoma

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Epithelial tumor (skin)

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Sarcoma

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Connective tissue tumor

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Carcinomas

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Arise from embryonic ectoderm

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Sarcomas

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Embryonic mesoderm

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Anaplastic

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Describes cancer cells that divide rapidly and have little or no resemblance to normal cells

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Metastasis

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Cancerous

Malignant tumors metastasize

Refers to spread of location of cancer, primary areas of body ; spreading through blood and lymphatic a most common

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Exophytic

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Protruding

Ex: hairy leukoplakia

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Endophytic

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Below normal tissue

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Hyperkeratosis

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Thickening of keratin layer

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Leukoplakia

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“White plaque” descriptive term that doesn’t refer to histological appearance, but considered to be precancerous

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Leukoedema

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Bluish tint on buccal mucosa

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Verrucous

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Wart like

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Erythroleukoplakia

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Intermixed red and white lesions. Epithelial cells immature and can’t produce keratin

*bad

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Erythro

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Red

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Leuko-

Plakia-

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White

Plaque

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Sanguinaria

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Herbal extract

High association with leukoplakia in mx vestibule

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Ultraviolet radiation

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Actinic cheilosis

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Mild epithelial dysplasia

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Cellular alterations limited to basal layer

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Moderate epithelial dysplasia

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Involvement from basal layer to mid portion of spinous layer

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Severe epi dysplasia

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Deeper alterations from basal layer to level above midpoint and may involve duct of a minor salivary gland

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Carcinoma in situ

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When entire thickness of epithelium is involved (top to bottom change)- no invasion has occurred=no metastasis

*earliest form of cancer

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Slaked

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Fermented

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Trismus

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Lock jaw

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BCC

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Most common cancer in face and scalp,
No tendency to spread,
Usually 100% recovery

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SCC

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Most common cancer of oral cavity,

Epidermoid carcinoma

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Furtherback

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Greater chance of metastasizing

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Neoplasia

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New cell growth, cell exhibit uncontrolled growth

Not coordinated with growth of adjacent cells

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Pleo

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Many

35
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Odont

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Tooth

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Osteoma

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Benign tumors composed of mature bone tissue

  • mimic tori, but develop later in life
  • gardners syndrome, multiple osteomas
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Osteosarcoma

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Cancer of bone tissue

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Osteolytic

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Produces large irregular radiolucency in mand

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Osteoblastic

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Produces a radiolucency in mand with irregular pattern of heavy bone radiating out from the edge of sunburst pattern

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Rhabdomyoma

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Benign tumor of mature striated skeletal muscle cell origin

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Rhabdomyosarcoma

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Malignant tumor of striated skeletal muscle

*primarily a childhood tumor seen in children younger than age 10

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Leukemia

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Malignancy of white blood cells

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Lymphoma

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Group of malignancies involving leukocytes (usually t and b)

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Hodgkins lymphoma

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Malignancy cancer of the lymphatic system

  • painless enlargement of 1 or more cervical lymph nodes
  • diagnosis made through exam of lymph nodes and the finding of reed sternberg cells
45
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Endemic burkitts

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Believed to be caused by Epstein Barr virus, 1st identified in African American children.

*painless intraosseous Max lesions, can cause facial deformity, tooth mobility, and premature exfoliation of primary teeth

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Sporadic burkitts

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Believed to be caused by w chromosomal abnormality.

*1st developed in American children, develop abdominal tumors with rare jaw involvement

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Cysts are defined as

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Pathological cavities of either bone or soft tissue that are lined with epithelium

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Odontogenic cysts

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Develop from epithelial tissue of dental origin or tooth forming tissue

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Developmental or fissural cysts

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Thought to form because of inclusion of epithelial tissue during the embryonic process when the facial processes fused

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Oncogenic viruses

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Tumor producing or agent with potential to cause development

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Lymphangioma

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Benign, congenital tumor present at or shortly after birth. Comprised of a slowly enlarging proliferation of lymphatic vessels

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Hemangioma

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Benign, congenital tumor seen shortly after birth

  • composed of a large tangle of blood vessels
  • most common location head and neck.
  • usually resolve by age 5 or 6
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Angiosarcoma

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Malignancy of blood vessels

*patients tend to be elderly and present a bruise of the scalp or forehead that does not heal.

54
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Koposi syndrome

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Type of Angiosarcoma that is associated with human herpes virus 8 (hhv8)

  • tumors benign as flat painless mascular lesions that grown into nodules.
  • associates with immune suppression patients

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