PN 106-6: Cancer Exam Study Guide
cells - Answer-the smallest living structural and functional subunits of the body
cell structure - Answer-everything inside the cell including the plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and
nucleus
nucleus - Answer-cells control center; containing the individuals unique D...
cancer - Answer✔✔-a group of cells that grows out of control, taking over the function of the affected
organ; a disease with different causes, manifestations, treatments, and prognoses
neoplasm or tumor - Answer✔✔-cells that reproduce abnormally; new growth or formation
benign - Answer✔✔-tumor is a cluster of cells that is not normal to the body but is noncancerous; grow
very slow and have normal tissue function
malignant - Answer✔✔-tumor that resists treatment and tend to worsen and threaten life, can travel to
and infect surrounding tissue; grow and reproduce rapidly
in situ - Answer✔✔-neoplastic cells that remain in one area and are localized
metastasis - Answer✔✔-spread of the tumor from the primary site into separate and distant areas
100 - Answer✔✔-how many different types of cancer are there?
50-60 - Answer✔✔-normal cells are limited to how many divisions before they die?
unlimited - Answer✔✔-how many times can cancer cells divide?
cell mutation - Answer✔✔-a sudden change that affects the chromosomes, causing the new cell to differ
from its parent cell
malignant cell enzymes - Answer✔✔-destroy glue-like substance found b/t normal cells, which disrupts
the transfer of information used for normal cell structure
initiation - Answer✔✔-causes an alteration in genetic structure of the cell DNA. associated with
exposure to carcinogen
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