| Roots | Pathology | Enviromental Agents | Carcinomas | Sarcomas |
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What is xer/o?
dry
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What is xerostomia?
dryness of mouth
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What is carcinogens?
Agents that produce cancer
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What is adenocarcinoma of the colon?
Colon
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What is chondrosarcoma?
cartilage
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What is necr/o?
death
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What is medullary?
fleshy tumors
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What is Radiation?
Energy that mutates and destroys DNA
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What is carcinoma of the breast?
Breast
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What is leiomyosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma?
muscle
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What is plas/o?
formation
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What is mucositis?
inflammation of mucous membranes
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What are ras, myc, and abl?
Three examples of oncogenes
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What is Adenocarcinoma, Large cell Carcinoma, Small cell carcinoma, squamous cell?
Lung (4 types)
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What is embryonic nerve tissue, glial tissue, and nerve cells of the gastrointestinal tract.
nerve tissue (3 types)
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What is follicul/o?
small glandular sacs
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What is sessile?
polypoid tumors
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What is Philadelphia chromosome?
Name for bcr-able gene
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What is basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, and sqaumous cell carcinoma?
Skin (3 Types)
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What is mesenchymal tissue?
embryonic connective tissue from which sarcomas are derived
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What is ple/o?
more
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What is carcinoma in situ?
localized tumor cells that have not invaded adjacent structures
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What is translocation?
genetic change
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What is adenocarcinoma of the uterus, carcinoma of the penis, choriocarcinoma of the uterus or testes?
Reproductive Organs (6 types)
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What is luekemias, lymphomas, and myeloma?
blood-forming tissue
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