HistoPath - PowerPoint #4 Terminology

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  1. 5. Are the cells in the body other than sperm and egg cells (which are called germ cells).
  2. 10. Having to do or related to melanocytes.
  3. 11. Are neutral stains composed of a mixture of oxidized methylene blue (azure) dyes and eosin Y. A type of stain that contains both a positively charged component and an negatively charged component.
  4. 12. The essential or functional elements of an organ.
  5. 14. A type of germ cell tumor that may contain several different types of tissue, such as hair, muscle, and bone.
  6. 17. Is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle in place.
  7. 18. An increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue. These cells appear normal under a microscope. They are not cancer, but may become cancer. Enlarge.
  8. 19. In an abnormal place or position.
  9. 20. The thickening and scarring of connective tissue, usually as a result of injury.
  10. 21. Relating to or denoting any disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.
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  1. 1. Of, relating to, or involved in the formation of blood cells.
  2. 2. Form when immune cells clump together and create tiny nodules at the site of the infection or inflammation.
  3. 3. One of the small bodies of the medulla of the thymus having granular cells at the center surrounded by concentric layers of modified epithelial cells. Also called thymic corpuscle.
  4. 4. Proteins that bind to carbohydrates.
  5. 6. Having many small cavities or cells.
  6. 7. A term used to describe the presence of abnormal cells within a tissue or organ. Dysplasia is not cancer, but it may sometimes become cancer.
  7. 8. A type of cancer that begins in germ cells in males. Germ cells are cells that form sperm in males or eggs in females.
  8. 9. Are large, abnormal lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) that may contain more than one nucleus. These cells are found in people with Hodgkin lymphoma.
  9. 13. The loss of the mature or specialized features of a cell or tissue.
  10. 15. A type of white blood cell that is found in connective tissues all through the body, especially under the skin, near blood vessels and lymph vessels, in nerves, and in the lungs and intestines.
  11. 16. Abnormal hardening of body tissue.