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3.1 MI Quiz
02/15/24
Question | Answer |
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A(n) _________ is a test used to examine, treat, or photograph with X-rays. | x-ray |
A(n) ___________________ is a normal cellular gene corresponding to an oncogene; a gene with a potential to cause cancer but that requires some alteration to become an oncogene. | proto-oncogene |
The _____________________________ is a mathematical process that calculates numerically the similarity between two sets of data. | pearson correlation coefficient |
_____________ is defined as the changes that occur within a cell as it undergoes programmed cell death, which is brought about by signals that trigger the activation of a cascade of suicide proteins in the cell destined to die. | apoptosis |
___________________ is a branch of medicine concerned with the use of radiant energy (as X-rays or ultrasound) in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. | radiology |
A ________________ is a test that detects areas of increased or decreased bone metabolism; test is performed to identify abnormal processes involving the bone such as tumor, infection, or fracture. | bone scan |
Something which increases risk or susceptibility is called a(n) ___________________. | risk factor |
A malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally and systemically is called a(n) ___________. | cancer |
A(n) _______ is a noninvasive diagnostic technique that produces computerized images of internal body tissues and is based on nuclear magnetic resonance of atoms within the body induced by the application of radio waves. | MRI |
_______________________ are technologies that doctors use to look inside your body for clues about a medical condition; includes X-rays, CT scans, nuclear medicine scans, MRI scans and ultrasound. | diagnostic imaging |
A(n) ________________ is a sectional 3-dimensional view of the body constructed by computed tomography. | CT Scan |
____________________ is a cancer derived from bone or containing bone tissue. | osteosarcoma |
The _______________ is an ordered sequence of events in the life of a eukaryotic cell, from its origin in the division of a parent cell until its own division into two. | cell cycle |
A gene having the potential to cause a normal cell to become cancerous is called a(n) _________________. | oncogene |
A(n) ___________ is the removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living body. | biopsy |
A(n) __________________ is a microarray of immobilized single-stranded DNA fragments of known nucleotide sequence that is used especially in the identification and sequencing of DNA samples and in the analysis of gene expression (as in a cell or tissue). | DNA microarray |
_________________________ is a diagram used to show the comparisons between multiple sets of collected data. | hierarchical clustering |