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| disease of the cells; every malignancy arises from one cell or a group of cells that were altered at the gene level |
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| cells increase in size as the person grows cells get larger but # of cells do not increase give term and example |
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| growth by increasing the number of cells |
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| new cell that is not needed for normal development in replacement of damaged tissues that persists after removal of its initial stimulus |
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| results in either a benign tumor or cancer and is always abnormal |
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| tissues that divide throught your lifespan |
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| cancer most commonly occurs in what type of tissues |
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| a type of change in cellular structure that experience cellular death or changes that prove to be lethal |
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| the two types of changes in cellular structure are called |
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| a type of change in cellular structure that is consistent with cell survival if the cause is corrected |
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| enzymes destroying the cells |
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| how are dead cells recognized under the microscope? |
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| name 3 characteristics of inflammation |
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| hypoxia microbial infection |
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| name 2 things that can cause inflammation |
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| cell unable to make energy organelles fail integrity of membrane is lost cell death name the cause ? |
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| the most widely recognized cause of infection and occurs in patients undergoing radiation |
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| produced by the use of chemicals or drugs |
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| chemotherapy agents may cause what? |
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| chemotherapy damage to superficial tissue can occur by? |
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| each cell type is differentiated distinct appearance, size & shape small nucleus |
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| look like tissue in which they arise maintain morphology of parent cell small nucleus |
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| loss of appearance of parent cell large nucleus irregular shape large # of cells in mitosis |
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| have a specific differentiated function important to body function example: nerve cells conduct impulses |
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| normal differentiated cells growing in the wrong place or at the wrong time examples: moles, polyps, fibroid tumors |
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| loss of appearance of parent cell no useful function |
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| surface proteins allow cells to bind together |
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| surrounded by fibrous connective tissue "encapsulation" do not invade other tissue |
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| adhere poorly to each other enzymes on surface digest molecules and break off from main tumor and spread to other areas of the body |
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| normal cells have how many chromosomes |
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| normal cells have about how many genes? |
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| normal cells have about 30,000 genes. How many are active during embryonic life and critical to fetal development |
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| most normal human cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes, what is this called? |
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| genes critical to fetal development are know as? |
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| are genes that slow down cell division, repair DNA and tell cells when to die |
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| are similar to normal cells with 23 pair of chromosomes |
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| a state where cells lose or gain whole chromosomes or parts of chromosomes |
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| a state where cells have more than the normal chromosome number |
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| a state where cells have less than the normal chromosome number |
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| gene changes from normal are called |
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