Essentials Of Human Disease 2nd Edition by Leonard Crowley

Exercise 19

How are tumors named? What are the common prefixes used in naming tumors? How would you name the following tumors: a benign tumor of fat; a malignant tumor of muscle; a malignant tumor of squamous epithelium; a benign tumor of glandular epithelium arising from the surface of the colon and projecting into the lumen; and a malignant tumor of cartilage?