unit 4 Flashcards

(25 cards)

1
Q

cell division

A

mitosis

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2
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harmless; does not require intervention

A

benign

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3
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cancer; serious- w/o intervention will lead to death

A

malignant cell growth

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4
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growth that causes tissue to increase in size by enlarging each cell

A

hypertrophy

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5
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growth that causes tissue to increase in size by increasing the number of cells

A

hyperplasia

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6
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any new or continued cell growth not needed for normal development or replacement of dead and damaged tissues

A

neoplasia

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7
Q

this protein keeps cells bound tightly together

A

fibronectin

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8
Q

amount of time needed for one cell to divide completely into 2 cells

A

generation time

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9
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proteins that promote cells to enter and complete cell division that are produced by oncogenes

A

cyclins

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10
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programmed cell death

A

apoptosis

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11
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normal chromosomes

A

euploidy

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12
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normal cells growing in the wrong place or at the wrong time

A

benign tumor cells

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13
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abnormal chromosomes

A

aneuploidy

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14
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spreading from the main tumor site to many other body sites

A

metastasize

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15
Q

2 names for cancer development

A

carcinogenesis & oncogenesis

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16
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process of changing a normal cell into a cancer cell

A

malignant transformation

17
Q

original tumor also know as….

A

primary tumor

18
Q

cancer cells that barely resemble the tissue from which they arose, are aggressive, and spread rapidly

A

“high-grade” cancer

19
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viruses that can cause cancer

20
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use of strategies to prevent the actual occurrence of cancer

A

primary prevention

21
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use of screening strategies to detect cancer early, at a time when cure or control is more likely

A

secondary prevention

22
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develops its own blood supply

23
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tumors of glandular tissue

24
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tumors of connective tissue

25
tumors of less differentiated, embryonal tissues
blastomas