FSE 214 Module 3 Quiz

Expansion, infiltration

Benign tumors grow by _______ and malignant tumors by _______.

False

Cachexia is associated with patients who have good nutrition, wasting away of the body, and exhibit starvation.

True

Hyperplasia is increase in the size of the body part due to increase in number of cells.

Nervous tissue

Neuroma is a tumor found in.

Skin

Nevus or melanoma is a cancer of .

Heredity, viruses, environmental factors, hormones

Some of the causes of cancer are______.

False

The study of neoplasms or tumors is called ecology.

True

There are two types of tumors: benign and malignant.

Chondroma

Timor of cartilage

Angioma

Tumor of vessels

Polyp

_______ is a form of papilloma that grown with a stem from the underlying tissue.

Gluons

tumor involving the neuroglia

Papilloma

tumor of epithelium in th skin and mucous

Adenoma

tumor of glandular epithelium

Osteoma

tumor of the bone

Leiomyoma

tumors of smooth muslces