Cancer Cells

question 37

Multiple Choice

Cancer cells

• A) divide uncontrollably and then die.
• B) are particularly sensitive to extracellular signals.
• C) divide uncontrollably and are immortal.
• D) are impossible to grow in culture.
• E) have an extra set of chromosomes, which keeps them dividing.

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Definitions:

Biological Motive

An innate drive stemming from biological needs that motivates behavior, such as hunger, thirst, or the drive for sleep.

Homeostasis

is the process by which living organisms regulate their internal environment to maintain stable, optimal conditions despite external changes.

Drive-Reduction Theory

A theory of motivation suggesting that biological needs create internal states of tension or arousal—called drives—which organisms are motivated to reduce.

Biological Concept

Fundamental ideas or principles that relate to the biological sciences, encompassing a wide range of phenomena from genetic inheritance to evolution.