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BIO 316 Quiz 1 | Questions And Answers Latest {2024- 2025} A+ Graded | 100%Verified
Can you grow your brain? - yes, challenge your mind and work smart
Early detection can increase survival rates by how much? - 80-100%
What two properties define cancer? - -uncontrolled proliferation
-ability to spread throughout the body
Describe the growth pattern, growth rate, state of differentiation and how life threatening a BENIGN
tumor is. - Benign-
-local growth
-usually slow
-well differentiated
-rarely life threatening
Describe the growth pattern, growth rate, state of differentiation and how life threatening a
MALIGNANT tumor is. - Malignant-
-spreads by invasion and metastasis
-rapid growth rate
-variable differentiation
-often life threatening
What happens to a cell if it is suspended by shaking or using soft agar? - Cells grow POORLY
What happens to a cancer cell if it is suspending by shaking or using soft agar? - cells grow WELL
, When a nascent cell "matures" to its adult fate, it's called... - differietiation
Stem cells and cancer cells both: - replicate, reproduce
immortal, divide
Unlike cancer cells, the maturation of stem cells ____ well regulated. - is
Unlike stem cells, the maturation of cancer cells _____ well regulated. - is not
The environment in which a stem cell lives, and a daughter cell matures is called a - Niche (with an
accent on the e)
An increase in cell size is called... - hypertrophy
An increase in the number of dividing cells combined with disorganized growth is called... - neoplasia
What is the condition called where cells display disorganized growth? - Dysplasia
An increase in the number of cells in a tissue is called... - Hyperplasia
What is the most serious of these four are? - Neoplasia
A benign tumor is rarely or often life-threatening? - rarely
The basal lamina is? - layer of protein-containing material that forms barrier between epithelial cell
layers and underlying tissue
Which tumor penetrates the basal lamina? - a malignant tumor
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