Test 3 ( )

Question 1

metastasis

Answer 1

if cancer spreads to another site through bloodstream

Question 2

polar bodies

Answer 2

the cells that are produced with the female gamete, the egg, that are nonviable gametes

Question 3

mammogram

Answer 3

how to detect breast cancer

Question 4

oncogene

Answer 4

genes that conrol the cell cycle

Question 5

BRCA1

Answer 5

a tumor suppressor gene that is linked to breast cancer; decide how fast a cell divides; if it is defectove then it will allow cells to divide with defective DNA; helps repair damaged DNA

Question 6

carcinogenes

Answer 6

substances in the environment that cause cancer

Question 7

HPV linked to which cancer

Answer 7

cervical

Question 8

ways to fight cancer

Answer 8

1. Chemotherapy
2. Radiation
3. Immunotherapy
4. Biopsy - surgery

Question 9

Ways to get cancer

Answer 9

1. Carcinogenes (UV radiation, smoking, asbestos, etc)
2. Virus (ex Hepatitis C (liver cancer); STI (cervial cancer)
3. Heredity (genes, mutations)

Question 10

cyclin

Answer 10

internal regulator that controls the checkpoints

Question 11

proteins/ growth factors

Answer 11

external regulators that speed up or slow down the cell division