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Genetics

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Set 2 The Nature Of Cancer

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Question 1

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Malignant tumors

A)Always contain a single cell type.
B)Have acquired characteristics of invasiveness.
C)Are surrounded by an intact basement membrane.
D)Are often described as being in-situ.
E)C and D.

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Question 2

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Which of the following schematics MOST likely describes the correct order of cellular changes that occur in the progression of malignancy?

A)Normal → hyperplastic → dysplastic → neoplastic → metastatic
B)Normal → dysplastic → hyperplastic → neoplastic → metastatic
C)Normal → hyperplastic → dysplastic → metastatic → neoplastic
D)Normal → neoplastic → dysplastic → hyperplastic → metastatic
E)None of the above

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Question 3

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the revised Ames test,Bruce Ames mixed chemicals with homogenized rat liver prior to adding them to bacteria to assess their mutagenicity.What was the purpose of this step of the experiment?

A)To determine whether the chemicals killed mammalian cells
B)To determine whether the chemicals induced cancer in mammalian cells
C)To detoxify the chemicals prior to assessing their mutagenicity
D)To metabolically activate the chemicals prior to assessing their mutagenicity
E)None of the above

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