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Membrane is a very thin layer of tissue that covers a surface. Mucous membrane is the moist, inner lining of some organs and body cavities (such as the nose, mouth, lungs, and stomach). Glands in the mucous membrane make mucus (a thick, slippery fluid). Also called mucosa. Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system. Central nervous system cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord. Also called malignancy.
Preview- One can determine, the areolar and the medullary are the forms of cancer in which primary cancerous degeneration occurs in the tissue of the mucous membrane. Tissue is a group or layer of cells that work together to perform a specific function.
- You can conclude that, sometimes as nodules, which are of a round, or slightly convex form, or which even produce a navel-like depression on the free surface of the mucous membrane; they are situated in its parenchyma, but project more or less above its free surface: and they have a lardaceous, or medullary (encephaloid) appearance. Cancer of the mucous membrane in this form is scarcely ever the primary cancer in the system, but is almost always a consecutive affection, combined with some previous cancerous disease of the adjoining submucous tissues. Depression is a mental condition marked by ongoing feelings of sadness, despair, loss of energy, and difficulty dealing with normal daily life. Other symptoms of depression include feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness, loss of pleasure in activities, changes in eating or sleeping habits, and thoughts of death or suicide. Depression can affect anyone, and can be successfully treated. Depression affects 15-25% of cancer patients. Parenchyma is the essential or functional elements of an organ.
- It is obvious that, mucous membrane is always affected by fibrous cancer secondarily, being destroyed by the advance of that growth from the submucous tissues. The mucous membrane may be in various conditions: of these some have been described already, and others will be mentioned in the account of the particular organs in which they occur; but there is one character which may be spoken of in this place, which it shares with other structures that become involved by contiguity in cancerous diseases, and more particularly with the skin, namely, that when encroached upon by a mass of cancer, mucous membrane becomes adherent to it, united with it, and at length entirely lost in it. Mass is in medicine, a lump in the body. It may be caused by the abnormal growth of cells, a cyst, hormonal changes, or an immune reaction. A mass may be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). Fibrous, containing or resembling fibers.
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