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Unit 2 - part 3 Flashcards

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What is a keratin plaque which is a reaction to the sun?

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Actinic Keratosis

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Actinic Keratosis is often found in what areas of the head/neck?

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bald guys heads

ala-traga zone

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What condition is seen RARELY in the mouth and you NEED to biopsy it!

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Pigmented Cellular Nevus

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Are Basal Cell Carcinomas found in the oral cavity?

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NO

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Basal Cell Carcinomas are caused by the _____are _____ destructive and can go _____

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sun
locally
deep

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What condition, mostly affecting women, exhibits limited oral cavity opening with “botox” looking skin?

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Scleroderma

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Scleroderma is an ______ disease due to a over production of ______

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autoimmune

collagen

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What autoimmune disease is seen clinically as a skin rash with butterfly wing shape on the face?

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Lupus Erythematosus

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AIDS is caused by a ____virus which is transmitted _____?

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retrovirus (HIV-1)

sexually (congenitally)

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AIDS infects the _____ lymphocytes?

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CD4 T-helper

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What is the pathognomonic for AIDS?

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Kaposi’s Sarcoma

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What are 2 benign epithelial neoplasms?

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Papilloma

Adenoma

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Papillomas are attached how?

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Thin stalk (pedunculated)

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Papillomas are “___________” shape and have a ________ surface?

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Cauliflower

Rough

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What is a epithelial tumor of glandular origin?

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Adenoma

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What being in connective tissue tumor do we see OFTEN in clinic?

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Fibroma

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A fibroma has a _______ surface and attached by a _______ base?

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Smooth

Broad (sessile )

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What is the etiology of a fibroma?

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Overgrowth of tissue due to chronic irritation

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A fibroma is most often located?

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Buccal mucosa (linea alba) 
and tongue
20
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What is an example of a connective tissue hyperplasia or hypertrophy?

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Epulis fissuratum

21
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What causes a lipoma?

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Fat cells becoming suspended in a connective tissue sac

22
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What are the 3 names for a tumor of a neuron Schwann cell?

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Schwannoma
Neurilemoma
Neurofibromas

23
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A port wine stain is an example of a?

24
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What is a condition similar to a hemangioma but involves the lymph vessels?

25
What is the term for a malignant oral cancer?
Neoplasticism disease
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If the oral cancer gets PAST the basement membrane it is termed a _______cancer?
Squamous cell carcinoma
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What are the 2 major risk factors in the development of oral cancer?
Tobacco and alcohol use
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If a oral cancer MEETS but DOESN'T go through the basement membrane it is called a ______ cancer?
Carcinoma in Situ
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If you turn on an oncogene you therefore reduce cell ----- and increase cell ------ and ----- of the cells?
Apoptosis (cell death) Production Motility (metastasis)
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What is the most common site for oral cancer?
Posterior 1/3 sides of tongue
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A melanoma in the lower lip is more worrisome than the upper lip? T/F
False
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What type of lip is more susceptible to melanomas?
Multicolored lip
33
Melanomas are most commonly found on?
Dermis NOT mouth
34
The sides of the tongue are made up of what epithelium?
Lining Non-masticatory
35
The tongue is divided into an ant 2/3 and a post 1/3 by what structure?
Terminal sulcus and foremen cecum
36
What papilla are highly keratinized?
Filliform
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What is the lesion of the tongue due to a fungal infection which leave the papilla denuded at the back of the tongue?
Median Rhomboid Glossitis
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What is the term used for a broad and short lingual frenum?
Ankyloglossia (tongue tied)
39
What makes the appearance of a hairy tongue?
Elongated filiform papilla
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What causes hairy tongue?
Normal flora destruction and fungus overgrowth
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Hairy tongue can occur with a prolonged ______medication
Antibiotic
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What is another name for geographic tongue
Benign migratory glossitis
43
Geographic tongue presents clinically as?
Red lesions with grey borders
44
Atrophic glossitis is a ______of papilla
Absence or loss
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What causes strophic glossitis?
Yeast infection b-vitamin deficiency Anemia
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What is the number 1 reason for pt complaint of "burning mouth"?
Low grade fungal infection

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