Genes And Disease Cancer - Human Biology | Biology+

Course

Human Biology

Study Pack

Set 1: Learning About Human Biology

Set 2: Chemistry of Life

Set 3: Cells and How They Work

Set 4: Tissues, Organs, and Organ Systems

Set 5: The Skeletal System

Set 6: The Muscular System

Set 7: Circulation: the Heart and Blood Vessels

Set 9: Immunity and Disease

Set 10: The Respiratory System

Set 11: Digestion and Nutrition

Set 12: The Urinary System

Set 13: The Nervous System

Set 14: Sensory Systems

Set 15: The Endocrine System

Set 16: Reproductive Systems

Set 17: Development and Aging

Set 18: Cell Reproduction

Set 19: Introduction to Genetics

Set 20: Chromosomes and Human Genetics

Set 21: DNA, Genes, and Biotechnology

Set 22: Genes and Disease: Cancer

Set 23: Principles of Evolution

Set 24: Principles of Ecology

Set 25: Human Impacts on the Biosphere

Set 22 Genes And Disease Cancer

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Set 22 Genes And Disease Cancer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which of the following would NOT be a characteristic of a benign tumor?

A) enclosed by a capsule of connective tissue
B) well differentiated
C) slow growth
D) metastatic
E) usually not life threatening

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Cancerous growths appear to grow faster than the tissues around them because

A) their mitosis rates are higher.
B) they do not stop dividing even when crowding occurs.
C) the cancer cells inhibit the reproduction of the surrounding normal cells.
D) their mitosis rates are higher, and they do not stop dividing even when crowding occurs.
E) their mitosis rates are higher, they do not stop dividing even when crowding occurs, and the cancer cells inhibit the reproduction of the surrounding normal cells.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which term refers to the processes by which cells with identical genotypes become structurally and functionally distinct from one another?

A) metamorphosis
B) metastasis
C) cleavage
D) differentiation
E) induction

Answer