PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TERMS.
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Neoplasm: - Answer: The result of when cells fail to follow normal controls of cell division
and multiply excessively (neoplasia); an abnormal mass of proliferated cells; synonymous
with tumor.
Neoplasia: - Answer: The abnormal growth of cells that usually results in a neoplasm.
Benign: - Answer: Classification of a noncancerous neoplasm.
Malignant: - Answer: Classification of a cancerous neoplasm.
Metastasis: - Answer: The ability of abnormal cells to break away and travel to other body
systems via lymph or blood.
Metastasize: - Answer: When abnormal cells have spread from primary locations to other
body systems and /or organs and produced secondary neoplasm.
Mutations: - Answer: Changes in DNA that alter the expressions of certain genes and
results in the deregulation of cell division.
Dysplasia: - Answer: The result of a mutated cell undergoing a physical change.
Anaplasia: - Answer: A permanent physical change in a mutated cell.
Angiogenesis: - Answer: The formation of new blood vessels; induced by healing tissues or
formation of new neoplasms.
Carcinogenesis: - Answer: The production of cancer through a series of gene mutations.
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Everything you need to pass—nothing you don’t!
Neoplasm: - Answer: The result of when cells fail to follow normal controls of cell division
and multiply excessively (neoplasia); an abnormal mass of proliferated cells; synonymous
with tumor.
Neoplasia: - Answer: The abnormal growth of cells that usually results in a neoplasm.
Benign: - Answer: Classification of a noncancerous neoplasm.
Malignant: - Answer: Classification of a cancerous neoplasm.
Metastasis: - Answer: The ability of abnormal cells to break away and travel to other body
systems via lymph or blood.
Metastasize: - Answer: When abnormal cells have spread from primary locations to other
body systems and /or organs and produced secondary neoplasm.
Mutations: - Answer: Changes in DNA that alter the expressions of certain genes and
results in the deregulation of cell division.
Dysplasia: - Answer: The result of a mutated cell undergoing a physical change.
Anaplasia: - Answer: A permanent physical change in a mutated cell.
Angiogenesis: - Answer: The formation of new blood vessels; induced by healing tissues or
formation of new neoplasms.
Carcinogenesis: - Answer: The production of cancer through a series of gene mutations.
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