inside body
What is the division of the cell which divides the cytoplasm of a parental cell into two daughter cells?
cytokinesis
What is apoptosis?
programmed cell death
Which Greek physician supported elemental theory?
Empedocles
What are the four humors?
blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm
What does ABCDE stand for?
asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving
What chemotherapeutic agents create a bulky adduct that damages DNA?
alkylating agents
what enzyme triggers cell death during apoptosis?
caspase
Who performs mammogram examinations?
Radiologists
What is a non-cancerous tumor called?
benign tumor
Alcohol is broken down into?
acetaldehyde
In what tissue is myeloma found?
bone marrow
women can reduce their risk for breast cancer mortality by ___% through screening
20%
What test is used for colorectal cancer and can be taken at home?
cologuard
What do you call a disease that jumps from animals to humans?
zoonotic
what type of mutation can be passed to an offspring?
germline
What is a protein hormone that stimulates cells to take up glucose?
insulin
Where do you find transitional cell carcinoma?
urinary system
what do surgeons perform to get a sample of growth?
biopsy
What is an autoimmune disease where the immune system is stimulated to attack healthy tissue when exposed to gluten?
celiac disease
What disease might smallpox have been confused for?
measles
What is the formation of new blood vessels from existing ones?
angiogenesis
Name any 5 smoking-associated cancers?
mouth, upper throat, pancreas, esophagus, lung, ovary, kidney, stomach, cervix, liver, bowel, bladder, leukemia, nose/sinus, larynx
This term is used when someone judges the past by viewing it in relation to the cultural values and norms of the present?
presentism
What cancer type comprises 90 percent of all cancers?
carcinoma
What type of tissue is involved in osteosarcoma?