Pathology Test 3

Benign tumors grow by _______ and malignant tumors by _______.

"Expansion, infiltration"

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

Polp

Nevus or melanoma is a cancer of...

Skin

The study of neoplasms or tumors is called ecology.

False

Some of the causes of cancer are______. Choose all correct answers.

Heredity Viruses Environmental factors Hormones

What is cachexia?

Malutrition and general wasting of body, such as starvation

Neuroma is a tumor found in.

Nervous Tissue

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

True

Glioma

Tumor involving the neuroglia

Osteoma

Tumor of bone

Chondroma

Tumor of cartilage

Papilloma

Tumor of epithelium in the skin and mucous

Adenoma

Tumor of glandular epithelium

Angioma

Tumor of vessels

Rhabdomyoma

Tumors of smooth muscles

There are two types of tumors, [x] and [y].

X-Benign Y-Malignant