Ch. 20 – Cancer – Flashcards
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The word benign means a tumor that invades surrounding tissues and metastasizes stimulation of heart rhythm excessive electrical activity in the brain the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm or illness a collection of fluid in the tissues
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the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm or illness
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The suffix in the word carcinogen means form origin produce source cancer
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produce
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All of the following words have a word element meaning flesh EXCEPT osteosarcoma mesothelioma chondrosarcoma sarcoma rhabdomyosarcoma
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mesothelioma
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Which of the following words means the invasion into a tissue or cell? Neoplastic Proliferation Malignant Metastasis Infiltration
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Infiltration
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Which of the following words has a prefix meaning before? Peripheral Postpartum Progenitor Antagonistic Antioxidant
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Progenitor
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What does the root/combining form in the word chemotherapy refer to? Medical treatment Drug Chemical Radiation To kill
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Chemical
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The root in the word apoptosis means produce genetic falling death separation from
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Falling
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The use of medication to treat cancer: excision chemotherapy vaccines radiation
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chemotherapy
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Which of the following words, meaning the origin and development of cancer, is spelled correctly? Carcenagenasis Carcinogenesis Karsinoginsis Carsinogenasus Carsenogennesis
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Carcinogenesis
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In the word thoracoscopy, the root/combining form means chest to examine rib cartilage rib cage sternum
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chest
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The root/combining form in the word mammography means chest woman breast a record process of recording
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breast
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Which of the following words has an element meaning bone? Osteosarcoma Orthopnea Otalgia Orchiectomy Otosclerosis
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Osteosarcoma
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Which of the following words containing a prefix, root, and suffix means cancer arising from cells lining the pleural cavity? Thoracoma Adenocarcinoma Asbestosis Mesothelioma Chondrosarcoma
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Mesothelioma
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The root/combining form in the word antiangiogenesis means blood vessel formation production artery against
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blood vessel
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Two words that have opposite meanings are cancerous and malignant benign and cancerous malignant and metastatic tumor and swelling tumor and neoplasm
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benign and cancerous
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In the word oncology, the root/combining form means specialist cancer tumor study of mass
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tumor
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Which of the following terms means pertaining to the use of a light-sensative drug with a laser beam to destroy cells? Protoplasmic Photon Chemophototherapeutic Laser surgery Photodynamic
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Photodynamic
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Which of the following terms means introducing normal genes into cells to replace abnormal genes? Genotyping Monoclonal antibodies Gene therapy Genetics Gene microarrays
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Gene therapy
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Which of the following words had a suffix meaning to examine? Amniocentesis Gastrectomy Fluoroscopy Scintigram Endoscope
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Fluoroscopy
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Of the following words, which one means any abnormal swelling? Tumor Neoplasm Sarcoid Benign Cancer
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Tumor
