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level: Chapter 1 Level 2

Questions and Answers List

Genes and Genetic , Cancer

level questions: Chapter 1 Level 2

Question	Answer
The premature death of cells in living tissue when too little blood flows to the tissue.	What is Necrosis ?
Decrease or shrinkage in cellular size.	What is Astrophy?
Increase in the Number of Cells.	What is hypertrophy ?
Increase in the size of cells.	What is hyperplasia ?
Abnormal change in the shape, size of mature cells.	What is Dysplasia?
Riversable replacement of one mature cell type by another.	What is Metaplasia ?
This means that both copy of the gene must have a mutation for a person to have the trait.	What is Autosomal Recessive Inheritance?
Sickle Cell Disease	One example of Autosomal Recessive Inheritance Disorder ?
This means that the gene carrying the mutation is located on one of the autosomes .	What is Autosomal Dominant Inheritance?
neurofibomatosis	One example of Autosomal Dominant Inheritance Disorder?
A error occurred on the X link chromosome.	What is X-linked Recessive ?
Hemophilia	One example of X-linked Recessive Disorder?
Is a condition in which a female is completely or partially missing an X chromosome.	What is Turner Syndrome?
Is a agent that can disturb the development of a fetus or embryo.	What is teratogenic ?
Is a form of arthritis cause by excess uric acid in the blood stream.	What is Gout ?
A chronic disease which cause normal blood cell to be crescent shape.	What is Sickle cell Anemia?
The creation of cancer with three steps initiation, promotion and progression.	What is carcinogenesis?
The damage to or mutation of DNA.	What is initiation phase of Cancer?
The mutated cell is exposed to factors that enhance growth.	What is promotion phase?
Tumor invades, metastasized and become resistance to drugs.	What is Progressive phase?