Key Word Parts

 Tumor

 Immature  Embryonic  Formative element  Blastoma ◦ A neoplasm composed chiefly or entirely of immature undifferentiated cells

 Cancer  Cancerous  Carcinoma – CA or Ca ◦ A malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue

 Neck  Cervix (neck of uterus)

 Means causing death  Bactericide? ◦ A substance that causes the death of bacteria ◦ Include primarily the antibiotic groups of penicillins and cephalosporins

 Means reproduction  Creation  Angiogenesis? ◦ The ability of a tumor to support its growth by creating its own blood supply.

 Immune  Protection  safe

 To reduce  To destroy  To cut  To breakdown

 Tumor  Oncology ◦ The study of the prevention, causes, and treatment of tumors and cancer

 To eat  Or to swallow  Phagocytosis? ◦ The condition of eating a cell

 New  Strange

 Means formation  Formative material of cells  Neoplasm? ◦ New and abnormal tissue formation ◦ A tumor

 Flesh  Connective tissue  Sarcoma? ◦ Connective tissue tumor  Myosarcoma ◦ A malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue

 Having to do with the spleen  Spleen? ◦ Mass of lymphatic tissue located in the left upper quadrant (LUQ) of the abdomen, just inferior to the diaphragm and posterior to the stomach ◦ Filters microorganisms and other foreign material from the blood ◦ Forms lymphocytes and monocytes, which are specialized WBCs ◦ Hemolytic, destroys worn-out red blood cells

 Means pertaining to

 Lymph  Lymphatic tissue

 Gland

 Adenoids ◦ A type of tonsil

 tonsils

 Bone Marrow  Spinal cord

 cell

 Thymus