Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Neoplasms - CORRECT ANSWER - What is another name for tumors?
benign & malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the 2 clinical classifications of
neoplasms?
benign - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: grows by expansion
benign - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: encapsulated
benign - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: does not migrate (metastasize)
benign - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: Do not cause extensive tissue
damage
benign - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: Resemble tissue from which they
originated
benign - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: generally do not return after
surgical removal
benign - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: generally are not fatal
malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: grow by infiltration
malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: nonencapsulated-making them
harder to fight
, malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: metastasize creating secondary
foci
malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign or malignant: cause extensive tissue damage
malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - benign or malignant: tumor does not resemble tissue
surrounding it
malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - benign or malignant: can reoccur when surgically
removed
malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - benign or malignant: lethal unless treated
Heredity - CORRECT ANSWER - Some forms of breast cancer are caused by _____
environmental factors - CORRECT ANSWER - _________ __________ such as exposure
to asbestos, pesticides, or cigarette smoke can cause neoplasms
occupational exposure - CORRECT ANSWER - _______ ________ such as petroleum
distillates, vinyl chloride in PVC manufacturing, working with paints, varnishes, and glues can
cause neoplasms
prolonged irritation - CORRECT ANSWER - lip cancer in pipe smokers shows the
dangers of ______ ______
virus - CORRECT ANSWER - The Epstein-Barr ______ causes mononucleosus has been
linked to lymphoma