ETX 10 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hyperkeratosis, Benzene, Rodenticide
1 Mar 2018
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Cancer a disease characterized by abnormal cells that grow and divide uncontrollably, ultimately invading and destroying adjacent tissues. Dna is in all of our cells and is a nucleic acid: made up of 4 basis in repeating fashion - Belief: that if humans live long enough they will get cancer. Dna is read in the nucleus and transcribed in rna. Back in the early 1900s/ things that causes cancer. Radium, popular for watch companies painting watch dials. Often will use their tongue to keep the brunch moistened. Will also cause lung and oral cancer. Mutagen a chemical that directly reacts with dna to cause a change in its function. Carcinogen a chemical that causes cancer by any means. Process of cancer formation- it takes time. We produce many of the carcinogens, they are all around us. In your body in your liver, pre carcinogen converted into bad carcinogen.
