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6. What does the term sarcoma describe?

  • A malignant mesenchymal tumour
  • A benign mesenchymal tumour
  • A malignant epithelial tumour

7. A tumour has a cellular architecture that forms many anastamosing lobules of cells. What is its likely origin?

  • Mesenchymal
  • Non-glandular epithelium
  • Glandular epithelium

8. What are round cells in a tumour indicative of?

  • Mesenchymal origin
  • Haemopoeitic or lymphoid origin
  • Red blood cell origin
  • Lymphoid origin only

9. What tumour type commonly metastases via the blood?

  • Lymphatic
  • Mesenchymal
  • Epithelial
  • Haemopoeitic

10. What benign tumour grows uncharacteristically quickly?

  • Papilloma
  • Canine histocytoma
  • Canine haemangioma
  • Feline histiocytoma

11. What type of tumour would larger cell nuclei be indicative of?

  • Malignant tumour
  • Benign tumour

12. What is haematogenous spread?

  • A type of leukaemia
  • Malignant endothelial tumour spread
  • Metastatis of a malignant tumour via the blood
  • Metastasis of a malignant tumour via the lymphatics

13. What is a fibroma?

  • A benign epithelial tumor
  • A benign mesenchymal tumor
  • A malignant mesenchymal tumor
  • A malignant epithelial tumor

14. What cells form a lymphoma?

  • Epithelial cells
  • White blood cells
  • Lymphocytes
  • Endothelial cells

15. What cell shape is characteristic of tumours of epithelial origin?

  • Polygonal
  • Round or oval
  • Spindle like

16. How would you name a malignant tumour of non glandular epithelium?

  • carcinoma
  • adenoma
  • papilloma
  • adenocarcinoma

17. A tumour has elongated spindle-like cells. What is its likely origin?

  • Mesenchymal
  • Glandular epithelium
  • Non glandular epithelium
  • Lymphocytes

18. What is a benign lymphoma called?

  • Lymphomas are never benign
  • Papilloma
  • Leukaemia

19. How differentiated are malignant tumour cells likely to be?

  • Will always be well differentiated
  • May be well differentiated or poorly differentiated
  • Will always be poorly differentiated

20. In a tumour with increased mitotic divisions, what would you expect the cell population to look like?

  • Poorly or completely undifferentiated
  • Well differentiated