Clin Med Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Palliative - CORRECT ANSWER - specialized care for those with serious medical
illnesses
differentiation - CORRECT ANSWER - differentiating something
Cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - abnormal cells grow and divide
dysplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - abnormal development
metaplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - abnormal change in tissue
anaplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - lack of differentiation in neoplasmic cells
hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - increase in number of cells, tissues, etc..
physiologic hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - Compensatory and/or hormonal type of
hyperplasia in the body.
neoplastic hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - hyperplasia dealing with neoplasm or
tumors. Cancer is often seen in tumors.
hypertrophy - CORRECT ANSWER - increase in size of the cell/tissue
benign - CORRECT ANSWER - tumor that is non-malignant. It is harmless.
, malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - virulent or infectious tumor. This is like the cancer
you need to look out for
oncology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of treatment of cancer
neoplasm - CORRECT ANSWER - a new and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of
the body, especially as a characteristic of cancer
metastasis - CORRECT ANSWER - pathologic spread to different sites in the body.
hyper- - CORRECT ANSWER - over
hypo- - CORRECT ANSWER - insufficient or below
onco- - CORRECT ANSWER - relating to tumors
sarcoma - CORRECT ANSWER - tumor in bones or tissues
adenocarcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER - a malignant tumor formed from glandular
structures in epithelial tissue.
oncogene - CORRECT ANSWER - gene that has the potential to cause cancer.
necrosis - CORRECT ANSWER - the death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue
due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply
pruritis - CORRECT ANSWER - itchy skin
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Palliative - CORRECT ANSWER - specialized care for those with serious medical
illnesses
differentiation - CORRECT ANSWER - differentiating something
Cancer - CORRECT ANSWER - abnormal cells grow and divide
dysplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - abnormal development
metaplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - abnormal change in tissue
anaplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - lack of differentiation in neoplasmic cells
hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - increase in number of cells, tissues, etc..
physiologic hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - Compensatory and/or hormonal type of
hyperplasia in the body.
neoplastic hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - hyperplasia dealing with neoplasm or
tumors. Cancer is often seen in tumors.
hypertrophy - CORRECT ANSWER - increase in size of the cell/tissue
benign - CORRECT ANSWER - tumor that is non-malignant. It is harmless.
, malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - virulent or infectious tumor. This is like the cancer
you need to look out for
oncology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of treatment of cancer
neoplasm - CORRECT ANSWER - a new and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of
the body, especially as a characteristic of cancer
metastasis - CORRECT ANSWER - pathologic spread to different sites in the body.
hyper- - CORRECT ANSWER - over
hypo- - CORRECT ANSWER - insufficient or below
onco- - CORRECT ANSWER - relating to tumors
sarcoma - CORRECT ANSWER - tumor in bones or tissues
adenocarcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER - a malignant tumor formed from glandular
structures in epithelial tissue.
oncogene - CORRECT ANSWER - gene that has the potential to cause cancer.
necrosis - CORRECT ANSWER - the death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue
due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply
pruritis - CORRECT ANSWER - itchy skin
